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Context of AIC
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What is Priestley highlighting through the use of these references?
Let's read pages 6 - 10
Choose at least three events that are mentioned in pages 6-10 of the play.
How would mentioning these events in the play affect the audience watching at the time of the play’s first performance?
(Remember the first audiences watched AIC in 1946)
Once we have finished reading, underline and annotate your copy of the text with all of the historical references made in this extract - and therefore, the examples of dramatic irony.
Stage Directions
Birling
Sheila
Gerald
Eric
Mrs B.
JB Priestley wrote An Inspector Calls in 1945
Can you think of any significant historical events that took place between 1900 - 1950?
Note down your ideas.
Then with your series of events, cut them out and arrange them in order from the earliest to the latest date. The first date is 1901 and the last date is 1952.
Wednesday 7th January 2015
Context of AIC
Learning Objective: To consider the context of An Inspector Calls and JB Priestley's motivations in writing the play
Starter: Have 10 minutes to finish off the quotations sheet from yesterday's lesson. If you finish early, select another quotation to support your view of each character.