“An Inspector Calls” is one of the best plays J.B. Priestly has written. It is a modern morality tale and its characters are typical rather than exceptional people. The dramatic interest is superbly sustained up to the final curtain, and the moral of the story – that every man is his brother’s keeper – is driven home with immense skill.
An inspector calls on the family and they are subject to a routine inquiry in connection with the suicide of a young girl. During the course of the questioning, each of them is implicated in the girl’s undoing. Before the evening is over, the formerly friendly and close-knit family members reveal themselves to be selfish, self-centered or cowardly – their good humor turning to acid and their fellowship to disdain.