An Inspector Calls
An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley (1894-1984)[1]. A popular thriller.
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The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
First performed in South Africa by ** in **.
1948: Staged professionally by NTO in August 1948, as its second English touring production. Produced and directed by Leontine Sagan, it starred [[Frank Wise (Arthur Birling), Lorna Cowell (Sybil Birling), Vivien Drummond or Hazel Casson (Sheila Birling), Leon Gluckman (Eric Birling), Oswald van Blerk (Gerald Croft), Esme Celliers]] (Edna) and André Huguenet (Inspecttor Coole). It toured in tandem with De Klerk's Nag het die Wind Gebring.
Sources
An Inspector Calls theatre programme, 1948.
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