Tag: #LivesIntertwined

• The chain begins! How Priestley’s 1946 cast bridge the past and present… (#LivesIntertwined pt. 3)

  

  Did you know that the late, great Alec Guinness played Eric in the first British production of An Inspector Calls? Here’s why it’s so important (and why the rest of the original cast are pretty amazing as well)!

  James Alsop

  Oct 13, 2022

  An Inspector Calls #LivesIntertwined, GCSE texts

  #LivesIntertwined, Alec Guinness, An Inspector Calls, Context, featured, GCSE Literature, Priestley, Star Wars, teaching

• Close reading: ‘An Inspector Calls’ (#LivesIntertwined pt. 2)

  

  The first entry in a running commentary of An Inspector Calls, consisting of shorter and more personal responses to notable moments of language, structure, character and theme as they arise.

  James Alsop

  Oct 4, 2022

  An Inspector Calls #LivesIntertwined, GCSE texts

  #LivesIntertwined, An Inspector Calls, Drama, GCSE Literature

• Grief, loss and the lies we tell ourselves: why Mrs Birling in ‘An Inspector Calls’ deserves our sympathy… (#LivesIntertwined pt. 1)

  

  Now that I’m a dad, I can’t help but think that Mrs Birling deserves just the tiniest bit of sympathy at the end of ‘An Inspector Calls’. Hear me out…

  James Alsop

  Sep 28, 2022

  An Inspector Calls #LivesIntertwined, GCSE texts

  #LivesIntertwined, An Inspector Calls, GCSE Literature, Mrs Birling, Priestley