An Inspector Calls - Dates

Question 1

When was the play set?

Answer 1

April 1912.

Question 2

When was the play written/first performed?

Answer 2

1945.

Question 3

Why are the dates of when the play was set and when it was first shown important?

Answer 3

Because the play was set 2 years before the first World War.

Also, it was set shortly before the titanic sunk.

This causes dramatic irony.