what year was an inspector calls written
For the 1982 TV series, see An Inspector Calls (TV series) . For the 2015 film, see An Inspector Calls (2015 film) . For the 2015 TV film, see An Inspector Calls (2015 TV film) . An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and in 1946 in the UK.It is one of Priestley's best known works for the stage and considered to be one of the classics of mid-20th century English theatre.n Inspector Calls was first performed in 1945 in the USSR in two theatres (Kamerny Theatre in Moscow and Comedy Theatre in Leningrad), as an appropriate venue in the United Kingdom could not be found.