Play,setting mood and priestly

• In what year is the play set?

  1912
• What type of town is Brumley described as?

  An industrial town
• Who is the playwright of the play?

  J.B Priestley
• What political ideology did J.B Priestley support?

  Socialism
• What experience did Priestley have during the war?

  He fought in France and faced death
• When was the play written?

  1945
• How does Priestley use his knowledge of the future in the play?

  To comment on war-related issues
• What is the term for when the audience knows more than the characters?

  Dramatic irony
• What does the lighting symbolize when it is described as "pink and intimate"?

  Nostalgia and a rose-tinted view of the past
• What does Priestley aim to show about the past through the lighting?

  It was problematic, not cosy
• What does the lighting change to when the Inspector arrives?

  Brighter and harder
• What does the "brighter and harder" lighting signify?

  Exposing hidden truths and issues