How will the audience's views have changed on this from the time the play was written to today"

Many people believe that `An Inspector Calls' by JB Priestley is a detective story because it is centred around an investigation of the Birling family and it is also indicated by the title. However, when you study the play in detail it becomes apparent that the play is not simply a detective story but it is also a social critique. However, the audience's views in the time the play was written will have changed from today's society as in my opinion, the social content was more relevant in 1945 and today's audiences may now view it simply as a light and comical mystery.

It is clear from the outset that JB Priestley intended this to be a detective story...