High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An Inspector Calls is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and 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. The play`s success and reputation has been boosted in recent years by a successful revival by English director Stephen Daldry for the National Theatre in 1992., and a tour of the UK in 2011-2012.