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J. B. Priestley

J. B. Priestley

1894-09-13

Bradford, England

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Biography

John Boynton Priestley OM was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator. His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction. Many of his plays are structured around a time slip, and he went on to develop a new theory of time, with different dimensions that link past, present and future.

Best known for:

The Old Dark House

An Inspector Calls

Jamaica Inn

An Inspector Calls

The Old Dark House

Last Holiday

31st of June

The Princess Comes Across

They Came to a City

An Inspector Calls

The Foreman Went to France

A Severed Head

Sing As We Go

Omnibus

Dangerous Corner

BBC Play of the Month

Let the People Sing

The United States Steel Hour

Inspector Goole

The Good Companions

Lost Empires

Dangerous Corner

Look Up and Laugh

The Golden Fleece

Dangerous Corner

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Filmography:

The Old Dark House (1932)
5.4
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Novel
The Good Companions (1933)
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Novel
Sing As We Go (1934)
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Writer
Dangerous Corner (1934)
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Theatre Play
Look Up and Laugh (1935)
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Screenplay
The Princess Comes Across (1936)
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Writer
Laburnum Grove (1936)
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Theatre Play
Jamaica Inn (1939)
4.7
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Additional Dialogue

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Britain at Bay (1940)
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Narrator
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Writer
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
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Story
Let the People Sing (1942)
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Novel
When We Are Married (1943)
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Writer
They Came to a City (1944)
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Theatre Play
Last Holiday (1950)
5.8
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Writer, Producer
The United States Steel Hour (1953)
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Theatre Play
An Inspector Calls (1954)
5.8
WORK AS:
Writer, Theatre Play

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The Good Companions (1957)
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Novel
Now Let Him Go (1957)
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Writer
And That on Monday Morning (1959)
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Theatre Play
The Old Dark House (1963)
4.5
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Novel
Теперь пусть уходит (1963)
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Story
I Have Been Here Before (1964)
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Theatre Play
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
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Writer
Thana Theke Aschi (1965)
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Author
Alta comedia (1970)
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Theatre Play
A Severed Head (1971)
WORK AS:
Theatre Play
Dangerous Corner (1972)
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Story
He Came (1973)
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Writer
Time and the Conways (1974)
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Author
The Golden Fleece (1977)
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Theatre Play
31 июня (1978)
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Novel, Creator
31st of June (1979)
WORK AS:
Novel
Inspector Goole (1979)
WORK AS:
Novel
The Good Companions (1980)
WORK AS:
Novel
An Inspector Calls (1982)
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Writer
I Have Been Here Before (1982)
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Writer
Dangerous Corner (1983)
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Writer
Time and the Conways (1984)
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Theatre Play
Lost Empires (1986)
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Novel
When We Are Married (1987)
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Writer
Performance (1991)
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Author
The Ghosts of the Green Room (1991)
WORK AS:
Novel
Thana Theke Aschi (2010)
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Author
An Inspector Calls (2015)
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Original Story
An Inspector Calls (2015)
6.1
WORK AS:
Theatre Play
Nocturne (2025)
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Original Concept