An Inspector Calls
Can an old chestnut still be fresh?
Does a play, written in 1945, set in 1912, have any relevance to the 21st century? Grasmere Players’ summer production of An Inspector Calls gives the answer. Playwright J.B Priestley has a message very appropriate to our credit crunched society.
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		Stage set: a meticulous recreation of a late Edwardian aspiring middle class dining room where the family have just ended a celebratory dinner. In walks the Inspector, investigating the suicide of a young working woman.
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His questioning reveals other than respectable lives in the family. They are all, in different ways, implicated in the life and death of this young woman.
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		Hugh Wright, as patriarch Arthur, is most convincing when certainties begin to crumble, Christine Wright as Sybil, his socially respectable wife, is a powerful stage presence. Trevor Eastes is the inspector or is he a moral conscience? Dan Blenkharn and Matt O’Neill are the young men and Lucy Clarke is a vibrantly successful daughter.
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Under direction by Vivienne Rees and an excellent back stage team, the Players turn a classic chestnut into enjoyable but thought provoking entertainment.
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Pam Williamson