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Archive for October, 2009

Priestley’s Web

I let a Url dedicated to J. B. Priestley. It’s very interesting. Enjoy it. http://www.jbpriestley.co.uk/

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An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley Information extracted of: http://www.gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk/Productions%5C2000-2005%5CInspectorCalls%5Cinspector.htm#priestley Director: Colin Gregory The play: An Inspector Calls is a psychological thriller and classic of the 20 th century stage. Ostensibly investigating a girl’s suicide, the mysterious inspector strips away the self-assurance of the other characters as they discover they are all implicated in […]

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Mini Biography

Mini Biography John Boynton Priestley was one of England’s last great writers — he was a member of the last generation of freethinking British “sages” who contemplated both science and philosophy in their literary output. Today, his books are mostly out of print and his name is all but forgotten except in the dusty, forgotten […]

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Priestley’s Biography (Spanish)

J. B. Priestley De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre John Boynton Priestley, OM. (Bradford, 13 de septiembre de 1894 – Stratford-upon-Avon, 14 de agosto de 1984). Escritor, dramaturgo y locutor británico. Contenido 1 Biografía 2 Otras obras destacadas 3 Ediciones en español 4 Bibliografía 5 Enlaces externos // Biografía Nació en Bradford. Su padre era profesor […]

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J. B. Priestley’s Plays and Important Characters

(1) In his book Margin Released, J. B. Priestley described his training as a young British soldier at the beginning of the First World War. It is not true, as some critics of the First War British high command have suggested, that Kitchener’s army consisted of brave but half-trained amateurs, so much pitiful cannon-fodder. In […]

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J.B. Priestley’s Biography

Priestley’s Biography: John Boynton Priestley was born in Bradford in 1894. On the outbreak of the First World War  Priestley immediately joined the British Army.  He was sent to France and in September 1915 took part in the Battle of Loos. After being wounded in 1917 Priestley sent back to England for six months. Soon after […]

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