Eva Smith

• Act 1

  Inspector - "Two hours ago a young woman died in the infirmary "
• Act 1

  Mrs Birling- " Wretched girl's suicide"
• Act 1

  Mr Birling- " Suddenly decided to ask for more money "
• • Act 1
  • Gerald - "I don't come into this suicide business "
• Act 2

  Gerald - " She was young and pretty and warm hearted – and intensely grateful "
• Act 2

  Gerald - "She was very pretty – soft brown hair and big dark eyes-"
• Act 1

  Inspector - "A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm. But she died in misery and agony – hating life –"
• Act 3

  Eric - " She was pretty and a good sport "
• Act 2

  Mrs Birling - "I don't suppose for a moment that we can understand why the girl committed suicide. Girls of that class "
• Act 2

  Mrs Birling - "As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money !"
• Act 3

  Inspector -"there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us "
• Act 2

  Mrs Birling - "I’ve done nothing wrong - and you know it"
• Act 2

  Mrs Birling - " She had only herself to blame "
• Act 2

  Gerald - " I made her take some money to keep her going"
• Act 2

  Gerald - " She'd saved a little money during the summer - she's lived very economically on what I allowed her "
• Act 1

  Inspector - " do us all a bit of good if sometimes we tried to put ourselves in the place of these young women counting their pennies "
• Act 2

  Inspector - "alone , friendless, almost penniless , desperate . She needed not only money but advice , sympathy , friendliness ."
• Act 2

  Inspector ( to Mrs Birling ) - "if her story was true, if this boy had been giving her stolen money then she came to you for help "
• Act 1

  Inspector - " no money ... no relatives ... lonely , half-starved, she was feeling desperate "