MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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An Inspector Calls at the Playhouse Theatre, London WC2
4/5
THE catalyst for tragedy in arguably JB Priestley’s greatest play, first staged in Moscow in 1945, is the sacking of a woman who went on strike over pay.
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