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John Boynton Priestley OM (/ ˈ p r iː s t l i /; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. [1]His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in The Good Companions (1929), which first brought him to wide public notice.
How Are They at Home? is a 1944 comedy play by the British writer J.B. Priestley. [1] [2] It features a series of comical episodes revolving around life in wartime Britain.It premiered at the New Theatre in Oxford before transferring to Apollo Theatre in London's West End where it ran for 164 performances from 4 May to 14 October 1944. [3]
The English author J. B. Priestley wrote a number of dramas during the 1930s and 40s, which have come to be known as his Time Plays. [1] They are so called because each constructs its plot around a particular concept of time. In the plays, various theories of time become a central theatrical device of the play, the characters' lives being ...
The story is framed as a tale told to a young couple by a stranger walking in a field overlooking a small British industrial city during WWII. The unnamed stranger is played by J.B. Priestley; his story is framed as a parable as to how people might live after the war, if they were presented with the opportunity to live in a utopia.
Britain at Bay (aka Britain on Guard in other countries) is a 1940 British propaganda film directed by Harry Watt and produced by the General Post Office GPO Film Unit of the British Ministry of Information and distributed by the National Film Board of Canada. [1] The film was written and narrated by noted author and political commentator J. B ...
The play works on the level of a universal human tragedy and a powerful portrait of the history of Britain between the Wars. Priestley shows how through a process of complacency and class arrogance, Britain allowed itself to decline and collapse between 1919 and 1937, instead of realizing the availability of immense creative and humanistic potential accessible during the post-war (the Great ...
An Inspector Calls is a modern morality play and drawing room play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 [1] [2] and at the New Theatre in London the following year. [3] It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century ...
They Came to a City is a 1943 play by the British writer J.B. Priestley. After premiering at the Princes Theatre, Bradford it transferred to the Globe Theatre in London's West End. It ran for 280 performances between 21 April and 11 December 1943. The cast included John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley, A.E. Matthews and Renee Gadd. [1]