The novelist, playwright and broadcaster, John Boynton ‘J.B� Priestley, was born in Yorkshire in 1894. After serving in World War One, Priestley embarked on a career as a freelance writer and became an established critic, essayist, and novelist. His biggest success as a novelist was The Good Companions [1929].
In the 1930s Priestley turned his attention to the stage. Having adapted The Good Companions, he wrote his first play, Dangerous Corner, in 1932. Though Priestley’s plays became synonymous with mid-20th-century ‘drawing room� theatre, he often experimented with narrative structure and was fascinated with theories of time, particularly the work of J.W. Dunne. His ‘Time Plays� include Time and the Conways (1937) and I Have Been Here Before (1937), as well as An Inspector Calls (1945).
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