An Inspector Calls audience and dramatic devices

This lesson concentrates on the power of dramatic devices in An Inspector Calls. The starter asks students to discuss the emotional impact of popular culture genres through the cinema or theatre. Students then relate this to Priestley’s intention in AIC. Students are then introduced to the concept of the ‘fourth wall’ and the power of the Inspector’s disruption. Students then make a poster of differing dramatic devices used in the play from the physical photograph of Eva to the setting, lighting and the use of dramatic irony.