The programme was scanned from an original held in the University Archives.This play was produced under the direction of Thelma Baulderstone and was staged at The Hut from 24 - 26 August 1949

Priestley, J. B.

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t" :'ADELAIDE UNIVXBSITYTHEATR.E GTIILDAn Inspector CallsBy J. B. PBIESTLEY&uAT TEE EUT24th August.. 25th Augustz{ eusustt s l sAN lxspscron Cer"r.s is the second of Priestley's interestingpresented by the Guild - Tnsv CeNrs ro i Cry wasin 1945.The present play was first performed in Russia in 1945, where "twofamous companies, Tairov's Kamerny and the Leningrad ComedyTheatre, were presenting the play simultaneously in Moscow, where itwas an immediate success. (Since then it has been produced in manydifferent parts of the Soviet Union,)""After its Russian clebut, the plav moved on to other countries andhas appeared with some success in various State Theatres, finallvarriving, as the first nerv play to be done as part of the true repertoryscheme, at our own Old Vic."To Michael Macowan, Priestlev wrote: "One of the sillier complaintsabout AN lxsprcron Cerrs was that there is too much coincidence inthe play: 'If only everyfsdn)' they moaned and groaned, 'wasn't involvedin this girl's death!' Now I ask you, I\{ichael. In this play, with itsvisitor from nowhere, its 1944 staring accusingly at 1912, there is if youlike all manner of mvsterious nonsense: but there is not too muchcoincidence, there is less in fact than the average plav has; and nobodywho sat through the third acr, still awake and in possession of hisfaculties, coulcl possibhr have made this accusation in good faith."Extracts frctn forettaril by J. B. Priestleyin Heinennnn's published- r,ersion.+ t +All three acts, which are condnuous, take place in the dining-room of the Birlingfshouse in Bmmley, an industrial cit-v in the North }lidlands. It is an eveningin sprinc, l9l2The Theatre Guiltl exgtresses its thnnks to .illessrs. Samuel Frcnch for permissionn perfo+n this play u,nd.er attutztot ights, made awilnble through the courtesy oftheir Australian ntanager, Xk. C. V. Baily, SydneyplaysgivenAr\I INSPECTOB CALLSChqacters of tke PhyARTHUR BIRLING - CECIL B" de BOEHMESYBIL BIRLING - ELISABETH CAMPBELLSHEILA BIRLING BARBARA EDWARDSERIC BIRLING BARRY McEWINGEROLD CROFT BRIAN SMITHEDNA LUCY OLIVERINSPECIOR GOOLE - OSCAR COX* * *Play produced under the direction ofTHELMA BAULDERSTONE* * lSetting MICHAEL JAMESAroxiliory pmver has been obtab*il for this praductionThe Guil"it ecxlresses thatks to Olfuer J. Ntlsett & Co. Ltd. for loan of stageelectrical finingsUNIVEBSITY THEATBJ GI'ILDr * * .PatronsProfessor J. G. CornellDr. C, E. FennerDr. T. D. CampbellMiss Rosemary FitchMiss Patricia HackettMiss Barbara HowardProfessor C. JurvMr. H. KolloscheProfessor fohn BishopMr. F. S. JohnstonMr. Roy LeaneyMr. Bruce MarsdenI)r. E. MclauehlinMrs. I. ThomasMiss G. D. WalshMr. Frank ZeppellConmittut s rNOITCEgC-ommunications, enquiries, and subscriptions may be addressed to the Hon.Sccreery, Miss E. Wedd, Harvald Chambers, Norrh Terrace (C. 23lj), or careof the UniversitvNort production-.AGLAVAINE AND SELYSETTE"By Mauriae MaeterlinckUnder the direction of Miss Patricia HackettE. Wroo, Hon. Sureury.Honkin, Ellis & Kiag, Ltd,, Printers, Pirie gtreet, Adelaide.

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