Inspector: No, not entirely. A good deal happened to her after that. But you're partly to blame . Just as your father is. Inspector: (cutting through, massively) I’ve been round to the room she had, and she'd left a letter there and a sort of diary. Like a lot of these young women who get into various kinds of trouble , she'd used more than one name. But her original name – her real name – was Eva Smith . Sheila: (staring at him) yes. That's true. You know. (she goes close to him, wonderingly.) I don't understand about you. David Thewlis to lead BBC One's new adaptation of An Inspector Calls". Digital Spy. 30 January 2015 . Retrieved 9 March 2015.

Mrs Birling: you're looking tired, dear. I think you ought to go to bed – and forget about this absurd business. You'll feel better in the morning. Birling: (rather hot, bothered) I've been trying to persuade Eric to go to bed, but he won't. Now he says you told him to stay up. Did you? When the family talk over what has happened, they begin to question whether their visitor was a real police inspector. Mr Birling makes a phone call to the chief constable, who confirms that there is no Inspector Goole on the force. With a further call to the infirmary confirming that no recent cases of suicide have been reported, the family surmise that the inspector was a fraud and that they have been the victims of a hoax. Gerald and the elder Birlings celebrate in relief, but Eric and Sheila continue to feel guilt. The phone then rings and the police tell them that a young woman has just died in the infirmary in a suspected suicide, and that they are on their way to question the family. The inspector's identity is left unexplained (though a clue is in the name), but it is clear that the family's confessions over the course of the evening have all been true, and that public disgrace will soon befall them.

All upcoming public events are going ahead as planned and you can find more information on our events blog Gerald: (smiling) Wouldn't dream of it. In fact, I insist upon being one of the family now. I've been trying long enough , haven't I ? (as she does not reply , with more insistence. ) Haven't I? You know I have. Sheila: that's probably about the best thing you've said tonight. At least it's honest. Did you go and see her every night?

Birling: I can't imagine. But he was in one of his excitable queer moods, and even though we don't need him here-- Gerald: no. I wasn't telling you a complete lie when I said i'd been very busy at the works all that time. We were very busy. But of course I did see a good deal of her. Gerald : Then it'll be all right. The governor prides himself on being a good judge of port . I don’t pretend to know much about it . Saltaire is filming location for TV adaptation of An Inspector Calls". Telegraph & Argus. 20 February 2015 . Retrieved 9 March 2015.Birling: (cutting in) Just a minute, Sheila. Now , Inspector, perhaps you and I had better go and talk this over quietly in a corner-- The Agreement and the access granted to use the Service automatically terminate if you fail to comply with any part of this Agreement. Termination of the Agreement (howsoever occasioned) shall not affect any accrued rights or liabilities of either party. So, we could argue that Priestley’s play is based on Dunne’s experiments: and more broadly, we could argue that Inspector Goole offers Priestley’s characters a modern, class-free way of understanding and predicting people’s behaviour: even seeing into the future. Even without a time machine, perhaps, a scientist is a time traveller.

Birling: Oh – that's it, is it? Well, we've several hundred young women there, y'know, and they keep changing. Inspector: yes, a very good readon . You'll remember that Mr Croft told us – quite truthfully, I believe – that he hadn't spoken to or seen eva smith since last september. But Mrs Birling spoke to and saw her only two weeks ago. Mrs Birling: if you think you can bring any pressure to bear upon me, Inspector, you're quite mistaken . Unlike the other three, I did nothing I'm ashamed of or that won't bear investigation. The girl asked for assistance. We were asked to look carefully into the claims made upon us. I wasn't satisfied with the girl's claim – she seemed to me not a good case – and so I used my influence to have it refused. And in spite of what's happened to the girl since, I consider I did my duty . So if I prefer not to discuss it any further, you have no power to make me change my mind. By using the CGP Online Edition and its Online Extras you agree to be bound by the full Terms and Conditions. Users of CGP Online Editions

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Arthur Birling: Described as “a heavy-muscled​, rather portentous man in his middle fifties”, husband of Sybil, and father of Sheila and Eric Birling. Sheila: When I was looking at myself in the mirror I caught sight of her smiling at the assistant, and I was furious with her. I'd been in a bad temper anyhow.

Birling: (taking one himself) Ah, you don't know what you're missing . I like a good cigar. (indicating decanter.) help yourself. Gerald: yes. I asked her questions about herself. She told me her name was Daisy Renton, that she'd lost both parents, that she came originally from somewhere outside Brumley. She also told me she'd had a job in one of the works here and had had to leave after a strike. She said something about the shop too, but wouldn't say which it was, and she was deliberately vague about what happened. I couldn't get any exact details from her about herself – just because she felt I was interested and friendly – but Sheila: (coolly) of course we are. But everybody knows about that horrible old Meggarty. A girl I know had to see him at the town hall one afternoon and she only escaped with a torn blouse--We and They: When reading the play and assessing the characters’ behaviour, students grapple with the ways we tend to divide ourselves in society, focusing on what role difference plays in our treatment of others and whose needs we consider as important. Students also consider how power dynamics and social systems influence our interactions. Such consideration is vital if they are to challenge injustice and overcome divisions in society.