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Act One, pp. 5-15

· The following version of this play was used to create this Lesson Plan. Priestley, J. B. An Inspector Calls. Dramatists Play Service, Inc., 1972.

· The play opens with a description of the set in the drawing room of house of the Birling family, a wealthy family that lives in Brumley, England.

· The furniture and furnishings are “substantial and comfortable and old-fashioned but not cozy and homelike” (5).

· On stage are Arthur Birling and his wife Sybil, their two children Sheila and Eric, Sheila’s fiance Gerald Croft, and the parlor maid Edna.

· The five diners are dressed formally for dinner, with the men in tails and white ties.

· Arthur thanks Edna for clearing the table and offers port, a sweet after-dinner red wine, to Gerald and Sybil, who both accept.

· Sybil dismisses Edna, who exits.

· Arthur expresses satisfaction about the evening, including the meal, and his...

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