Note coming from the Director
A wealthy family, the Birlings, sit down to celebrate the engagement of their daughter to a rich young man from the town. The general mood can be jovial. Suddenly, a mysterious police inspector arrives with shocking news. A working class girl has died at the local Infirmary. Suicide, of course, although there’s more…
What can be the involvement of the Birlings in This kind of unfortunate woman’s life? Could she have been saved? Who can be definitely culpable for her death?
The play, An Inspector Calls was first performed in 1945 as the globe’s most bloody war of all time was coming to an end. A recovering world was desperate to know, how could This kind of have been allowed to happen? as well as more importantly how could This kind of be stopped coming from happening again.
J.B. Priestley, who hailed coming from the North of England, blamed the wealthy for the major mistakes as well as poor political decisions of recent history. Those in positions of privilege, for example company owners, idle rich, Government itself, had to take responsibility for the less well-off: a message that will no doubt resonated with the wounded veterans returning coming from combat. The Labour Government of 1945 – 1951 that will set up the National Health Service (NHS) as well as began paying unemployment as well as disability benefits can be seen by many as the finest British government of the twentieth century.
as well as can be the globe a better place at This kind of point? Well, the Food as well as Agriculture Organisation (FAO) estimate there were almost a billion under or malnourished people from the globe in 2010. Thousands die around the globe each day as a result of poverty-related causes. There are currently ten ‘official’ wars/conflicts taking place from the globe today that will result in over 1,000 casualties a year. What can be to be our response?
Priestley set his story in 1912, from the week before the Titanic sets sail, Halcyon days when the position of the privileged largely went unchallenged. A hundred or so years later, some might argue much has changed; some might say the opposite. We have better ‘things’ at This kind of point. Technology has transformed our lives although have our hearts been transformed?
As I reflected on these various issues while working with the actors, I originally thought the Birlings were bad people, ignorant of the globe around them. although directing can be an evolutionary process. I began to wonder if the Birlings were that will much different to you or I. as well as if the Birlings need to change, do you as well as I need to change also?
An Inspector Calls
May 31 – 7.30pm
June 1 – 3.00pm as well as 7.30pm
June 2 – 3.00pm
Tickets available at: jak.tickets@yahoo.com
Ticket cost: Rp.150.000,- Students: Rp.100.000,-
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Note coming from the Director
Note coming from the Director