context

• who wrote the play?

  J.B. priestly
• when was the play written?

  1945
• whens the play set?

  1912
• what is capitalism?


  an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit
• what is socialism?


  an economic system which promotes equality and views society as a whole
• what did priestly aim to show?

  how society had changed after the war
• who had the most money in 1912?

  industrialists, merchants and ship owners
• what did the working classes do in 1912?

  • worked long hours for very little pay

  • worked in small spaces with hot and dangerous machinery
• what were women doing in 1912?

  • fighting for their rights

  • working as textile workers and domestic servants

  • domestic duties - looking after their husbands, children and running the household
• what could husbands do that wives coudlnt?

  have affairs and keep mistresses
• how was pregnancy outside of marriage viewed?

  shameful and there was no state support was provided
• where is the play set?

  brumley
• why did priestly set the play in 1912?

  by showing them britain's less enlightened past, this helped audiences to see the potential in their future