Powerful classic 'An Inspector Calls' stunned some of the Liverpool Empire audience into silence last night - but not everybody.
Written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, the iconic production has been studied in schools for years - so much so, even I remember learning about it during English. The play is one of J B Priestley’s most renowned and performed, and is set in the household of a prosperous northern manufacturer Arthur Birling (Jeffrey Harmer).
Set in 1912, the family are celebrating the engagement of daughter Shelia (Chloe Orrock) and Gerald Croft (Simon Cotton), when a stranger known as Inspector Goole (Liam Brennan) shows up at their door. Inspector Goole is there to question the family about the death of a young working-class woman, who has killed herself by drinking disinfectant.
