inspector calls notes
Opening of the play
Hook the audience interest, intimate, calm, cosy,
The lighting change- unusual
Party scene
Mr Birling’s arrogance and ignorance
Engagement
Underlying tension
Conversation is relatable
Audience wonders the connection between the title (inspector…) and the scene before them.
Introduce the characters
Mr birling’s smugness pg. 6, ignorance,
Mrs Birling’s cold and uptight, aware of her class pg. 2 controlling
Sheila- naive, air headed but may know more pg. 2 under parents thumb
Eric- tension w/ father seems to support working class
Gerald- even though he is higher class he is more polite than below
In birling’s first speech he’s very quick to talk about the Port. He wants to seem on par with Gerald’s dad.
Pg. 2. Birling port has aspirations but is inferior
Sheila calls her mother mummy-in her 20s- she’s playing the little girl under her mother’s thumb.
Tell cook from me- not supposed to have that kind of communication. (Especially in front of a visitor)
Gerald had an affair- Sheila – you never came near me.
Mrs B saying don’t tease him shows that it’s a man’s world. It’s a though she believes in convention of men having a higher class.
Eric guffawing suggests that he knows about Gerald’s affair.
Squiffy-drunk
Eric don’t do any- birling’s about to launch into a continuous speech.
What an expression- Sheila-always reprimanding them treats them like a child.
Sir George & lady croft don’t approve as the Birlings are not the same social class.
Pg.1-5
Establish a sense of place
-wearing evening dresses
-they have a maid
-Drinking expensive port
-champagne from France
-good solid furniture
-fairly large suburban house
Dramatic impact- doesn’t know whether Gerald thinks birling is a fool or approves with him (birling).
Sheila when she sees the ring ‘is this the one you wanted me to have.’ - emphasises that Sheila is Gerald’s possession.
Eric doesn’t believe his father.
Eric doesn’t tell Sheila as it’s ‘man’s
Hook the audience interest, intimate, calm, cosy,
The lighting change- unusual
Party scene
Mr Birling’s arrogance and ignorance
Engagement
Underlying tension
Conversation is relatable
Audience wonders the connection between the title (inspector…) and the scene before them.
Introduce the characters
Mr birling’s smugness pg. 6, ignorance,
Mrs Birling’s cold and uptight, aware of her class pg. 2 controlling
Sheila- naive, air headed but may know more pg. 2 under parents thumb
Eric- tension w/ father seems to support working class
Gerald- even though he is higher class he is more polite than below
In birling’s first speech he’s very quick to talk about the Port. He wants to seem on par with Gerald’s dad.
Pg. 2. Birling port has aspirations but is inferior
Sheila calls her mother mummy-in her 20s- she’s playing the little girl under her mother’s thumb.
Tell cook from me- not supposed to have that kind of communication. (Especially in front of a visitor)
Gerald had an affair- Sheila – you never came near me.
Mrs B saying don’t tease him shows that it’s a man’s world. It’s a though she believes in convention of men having a higher class.
Eric guffawing suggests that he knows about Gerald’s affair.
Squiffy-drunk
Eric don’t do any- birling’s about to launch into a continuous speech.
What an expression- Sheila-always reprimanding them treats them like a child.
Sir George & lady croft don’t approve as the Birlings are not the same social class.
Pg.1-5
Establish a sense of place
-wearing evening dresses
-they have a maid
-Drinking expensive port
-champagne from France
-good solid furniture
-fairly large suburban house
Dramatic impact- doesn’t know whether Gerald thinks birling is a fool or approves with him (birling).
Sheila when she sees the ring ‘is this the one you wanted me to have.’ - emphasises that Sheila is Gerald’s possession.
Eric doesn’t believe his father.
Eric doesn’t tell Sheila as it’s ‘man’s