Time and the Conways: J.B. Priestley

[Greg]

I just found a 1978 Penguin edition of 'Time and the Conways' by J.B. Priestley.
Four plays:
Time and the Conways
I Have Been Here Before
The Linden Tree
An Inspector Calls

Back cover synopsis

'Time and the Conways', a brilliantly successful experiment, shows us the same family in 1919 and 1937; the third and final act returns to the happy family party of 1919 to shed a bitter, ironical light on the youthful hopes of the characters.

'I Have Been Here Before', another 'time' play, is based on a theory of Time and Human Life as a recurring cycle. During a weekend in the Yorkshire dales, Dr Görtler, a mysterious refugee, tries to save a rich couple and a young schoolmaster from a tragic course of action.

'The Linden Tree', a Chekhov-like study of family relationships, finds the Lindens divided : Professor Linden at sixty-five could retire but is dedicated to teaching at a run-down provincial university. But his wife and rich son Rex have other ideas. . .

'An Inspector Calls', written inside a week in 1944, has become world-wide one of the most performed of all modern plays. Inspector Goole, investigating a girl's death, calls on the Birlings. Tension builds as he dissects the hidden vices and confusions behind the façade of this outwardly virtuous Edwardian household.

[Mike]

Greg wrote: "I just found a 1978 Penguin edition of 'Time and the Conways' by J.B. Priestley.
Four plays:
Time and the Conways
I Have Been Here Before
The Linden Tree
An Inspector Calls

Back cover synopsis

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Time and the Conways is about to be revived on Broadway; I shall certainly go.
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[Greg]

That looks good Mike. I've just read An Inspector Calls, and can understand why it is so popular. I envy you seeing Time and the Conways.

[Mike]

Greg wrote: "That looks good Mike. I've just read An Inspector Calls, and can understand why it is so popular. I envy you seeing Time and the Conways."

I'll let you know what it's like Greg! It's booking thru Nov 26 at the moment and tickets are reasonable value by Broadway standards.

I loved An Inspector Calls, which I had as a set book at school (over 50 years ago; I doubt if it would be now). It was a good film, too, with a very spooky Alastair Sim - remember that rocking chair at the end... The intriguing one that I've neither read nor seen is Johnson over Jordan, which I believe was revived in Yorkshire quite recently.