Editing An Inspector Calls (section)

==Productions==
''An Inspector Calls'' was first performed in 1945 in two Russian theatres (Moscow's [[Kamerny Theatre]] and Leningrad's Comedy Theatre), as a suitable British venue could not be found.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Priestley|first1=J.&nbsp;B.|title=Introduction to the Plays of J.B.Priestley|date=1950|publisher=Heinemann|location=London|pages=xii–xiii|volume=III}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Remember Eva Smith: The Inspector's Russian Journey|url=https://100objectsbradford.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/19-remember-eva-smith-the-inspectors-russian-journey/|website=100 Objects from Special Collections at the University of Bradford|date=15 June 2011 |publisher=University of Bradford|location=Yorkshire, England|access-date=4 October 2015|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007163407/https://100objectsbradford.wordpress.com/2011/06/15/19-remember-eva-smith-the-inspectors-russian-journey/|url-status=live}}</ref> Priestley had written the play in a single week and all Britain's theatres had already been booked for the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jbpriestleysociety.com/for-students-and-teachers/|title=For Students and Teachers {{!}} jbpriestleysociety.com|website=www.jbpriestleysociety.com|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518074056/http://www.jbpriestleysociety.com/for-students-and-teachers/|url-status=live}}</ref> The play had its first British production in 1946 at the [[Noël Coward Theatre|New Theatre]] in London with [[Ralph Richardson]] as Inspector Goole, [[Harry Andrews]] as Gerald Croft, [[Margaret Leighton]] as Sheila Birling, [[Julien Mitchell]] as Arthur Birling, Marian Spencer as Sybil Birling and [[Alec Guinness]] as Eric Birling.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls at New Theatre 1946 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/144510-an-inspector-calls-at-new-theatre-1946 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>

The first Broadway production opened at the [[Booth Theatre]] on 21 October 1947 and ran for 95 performances until 10 January 1948. The production was staged by [[Cedric Hardwicke]] and produced by Courtney Burr and Lassor H. Grosberg. The cast included [[Melville Cooper]] as Arthur Birling, [[John R. Buckmaster|John Buckmaster]] as Gerald Croft, [[Rene Ray]] as Sheila Birling, [[Doris Lloyd]] as Sybil Birling, [[Patricia Marmont]] as Edna, [[John Merivale]] as Eric Birling and [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]] as Inspector Goole.<ref name="Nathan1948">{{cite book
 |last1= Nathan
 |first1= George Jean
 |title= The Theatre Book of the Year: A Record and an Interpretation
 |chapter= An Inspector Calls
 |date= 1948
 |location= New York
 |publisher= Alfred A. Knopf
 |pages= 113–115
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls at Booth Theatre 1947–1948 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/144511-an-inspector-calls-at-booth-theatre-1947-1948 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>

The play was produced and performed at the Ferdowsi Theatre in [[Iran]] in the late 1940s, based on the translation by [[Bozorg Alavi]]. It was staged in the first season of the [[Gateway Theatre (Edinburgh)|Edinburgh Gateway Company]] in 1953.<ref>Edinburgh Gateway Company (1965), ''The Twelve Seasons of the Edinburgh Gateway Company, 1953 – 1965,'' St. Giles Press, Edinburgh, p. 44</ref>

In 1986 [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] directed a production at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|Royal Exchange]], Manchester, with Geraldine Alexander as Sheila Birling, [[Hugh Grant]] as Eric Birling and [[Graeme Garden]] as Inspector Goole.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls at The Royal Exchange 1986 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/144512-an-inspector-calls-at-the-royal-exchange-1986 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>

[[Tom Baker]] played Inspector Goole in a 1987 production directed by [[Peter Dews (director)|Peter Dews]] and designed by Daphne Dare that opened at [[Theatr Clwyd]] on 14 April then transferred to London's Westminster Theatre on 13 May 1987. The cast included [[Pauline Jameson]] as Sybil Birling, [[Peter Baldwin (actor)|Peter Baldwin]] as Arthur Birling, [[Charlotte Attenborough]] as Sheila Birling, [[Simon Shepherd]] as Gerald Croft and [[Adam Godley]] as Eric Birling.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls at Theatr Clwyd and others 1987 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/144513-an-inspector-calls-at-theatr-clwyd-and-others-1987 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>

A revival of the play by British director [[Stephen Daldry]] (produced by [[Peter Wilson (theatre director)|PW Productions]]) opened at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]]'s [[Lyttelton Theatre]] in September 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls at Lyttelton Theatre 1992–1993 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/113848-an-inspector-calls-at-lyttelton-theatre-1992-1993 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref> Daldry's concept was to reference two eras: the 1945 post-war era, when the play was written, and the ostensible historical setting for the work in pre-war 1912; this emphasised the way the character Goole was observing, and deploring, the Birling family's behaviour from Priestley's own cultural viewpoint.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Woodeson|first1=Nicholas|author-link=Nicholas Woodeson|title=Revisiting Inspector Calls|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/09-2009/nicholas-woodeson-on-revisiting-inspector-calls_15779.html|website=WhatsOnStage.com|date=23 September 2009 |access-date=7 February 2018|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208004223/http://www.whatsonstage.com/west-end-theatre/news/09-2009/nicholas-woodeson-on-revisiting-inspector-calls_15779.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=lyn/> It won the [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival|Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play]], and was widely praised for making the work involving and politically relevant for a modern audience. The production is often credited with single-handedly rediscovering Priestley's works and "rescuing" him from the reputation of being obsolete and class-bound, although the production had some detractors, including [[Sheridan Morley]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morley|first1=Sheridan|title=Stop messing about|url=http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/26th-september-1992/53/theatre|access-date=4 October 2015|work=[[The Spectator]]|date=25 September 1992|page=53|archive-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005175442/http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/26th-september-1992/53/theatre|url-status=live}}</ref> who regarded it as a gimmicky travesty of the author's patent intentions. The success of the production since 1992 has led to a critical reappraisal of Priestley as a politically engaged playwright who offered a sustained critique of the hypocrisy of English society. A Broadway transfer of the production starring [[Philip Bosco]] opened at the Royale Theatre (now the [[Bernard Jacobs Theatre]]) on 27 April 1994 and played 454 performances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/an-inspector-calls-4605|title=An Inspector Calls|website=Internet Broadway Database|access-date=26 October 2016|archive-date=26 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026232711/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/an-inspector-calls-4605|url-status=live}}</ref> 

[[File:An Inspector Calls, OVO, St Albans, Sept 2012.jpg|thumb|right|Sheila recognises a picture of Eva presented by the Inspector, as Gerald looks on. A 2012 production by OVO theatre company, [[St Albans]]]] The Stephen Daldry production went on a tour of the UK in 2011 and continued to tour into 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aninspectorcalls.com/#/tour/|title=An Inspector Calls|website=www.aninspectorcalls.com|access-date=9 April 2012|archive-date=11 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411231654/http://www.aninspectorcalls.com/#/tour/|url-status=live}}</ref> with [[Tom Mannion]] and Liam Brennan <!--Do not link to the page about the consultant anaesthetist--> among the actors playing Inspector Goole.<ref name="AnInspectorCallsWebsite">{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls cast |url=https://www.aninspectorcalls.com/company/cast |website=An Inspector Calls |access-date=5 February 2020 |archive-date=8 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190908124921/http://aninspectorcalls.com/company/cast |url-status=live }}</ref> The production returned to the [[Playhouse Theatre|Playhouse]] in London's [[West End of London|West End]] in November 2016, with Liam Brennan in the name part.<ref name=lyn>{{cite news|last1=Gardner|first1=Lyn|title=An Inspector Calls review – Stephen Daldry helps make the case for justice|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/nov/13/an-inspector-calls-review-stephen-daldry-jb-priestly-playhouse|access-date=7 February 2018|work=The Guardian|date=13 November 2016|archive-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207182902/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/nov/13/an-inspector-calls-review-stephen-daldry-jb-priestly-playhouse|url-status=live}}</ref> Brennan once again starred as Inspector Goole in a 2022 tour of the UK billed as the production's Thirtieth Anniversary Tour.

Another production opened on 25 October 1995 at the Garrick Theatre and ran for six years until its transfer to the Playhouse Theatre in 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls at Garrick Theatre 1995–2001 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/122795-an-inspector-calls-at-garrick-theatre-1995-2001 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref> In 2009 it reopened at the Novello Theatre for a year-long run, followed by another transfer to [[Wyndham's Theatre]] in December 2009, running for only four months.<ref>{{cite web |title=An Inspector Calls at Novello Theatre and others 2009–2010 |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/122797-an-inspector-calls-at-novello-theatre-and-others-2009-2010 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>