<P> The play is a three - act drama, which takes place on a single night in April 1912, focusing on the prosperous upper middle - class Birling family, who live in a comfortable home in the fictional town of Brumley, "an industrial city in the north Midlands". The family is visited by a man calling himself Inspector Goole, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working - class woman, Eva Smith (also known as Daisy Renton). The family is interrogated and revealed to have been responsible for the young woman's exploitation, abandonment and social ruin, effectively leading to her death . Long considered part of the repertory of classic "drawing room" theatre, the play has also been hailed as a scathing critique of the hypocrisies of Victorian / Edwardian English society and as an expression of Priestley's socialist political principles . The play is studied in many schools in the UK as one of the prescribed texts for the English Literature GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) examination . </P> <P> At the Birlings' home in April 1912, Arthur Birling - a wealthy mill owner and local politician - and his family are celebrating the engagement of daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft, the son of one of Birling's competitors, Croft Limited . In attendance are Arthur's wife Sybil and their adult children Sheila and Eric . Eric, the younger, has a drinking problem that is discreetly ignored . After dinner, Arthur speaks about the importance of self - reliance . He talks about his impending knighthood and about how "a man has to look after himself and his own ." </P> <P> A man calling himself Inspector Goole arrives, interrupting the evening and explaining that a woman called Eva Smith has killed herself by drinking strong disinfectant . He implies that she has left a diary naming names, including members of the Birling family . Goole produces a photograph of Eva and shows it to Arthur, who acknowledges that she worked in one of his mills . He admits that he dismissed her from Birling & Co. 18 months ago for her involvement in an abortive workers' strike . He denies responsibility for her death . </P> <P> Sheila enters the room and is drawn into the discussion . After prompting from Goole, she admits to recognising Eva as well . She confesses that Eva served her in a department store, Milwards, and Sheila contrived to have her fired for an imagined slight . She admits that Eva's behaviour had been blameless and that the firing was motivated solely by Sheila's jealousy and spite towards a pretty working - class woman . </P>

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