Special Edition with extra content.Three unhappy characters, Jess Oakroyd, Miss Trant and Inigo Jollifant flee from their old lives to seek adventure on the open road. Fate brings them together and into the presence of a broken-down theatrical touring company. Throwing caution to the winds they save the group and set off on an unforgettable tour of the pavilions and provincial theatres of England.First published in 1929 in a time of deepening economic gloom and worldwide poli...

The Good CompanionsJ.B. PriestleyGreat NorthernRediscovering PriestleySpecial Edition with extra content.Three unhappy characters, Jess Oakroyd, Miss Trant and Inigo Jollifant flee from their old lives to seek adventure on the open road. Fate brings them together and into the presence of a broken-down theatrical touring company. Throwing caution to the winds they save the group and set off on an unforgettable tour of the pavilions and provincial theatr...

DELIGHTbyJ.B. PriestleySpecial 60th anniversary edition60th anniversary edition of one of Priestley’s most acclaimed and best loved collections of short essays.Best known today as a novelist, playwright and a social commentator J.B. Priestley first found fame as a master of the short essay – a form he described as his favourite. Delight is a superb collection of one hundred and fourteen brief essays that capture and record the moments of wonder and bea...

Bright DayJ.B. PriestleyGreat NorthernRediscovering PriestleySpecial Edition with extra content.Disillusioned scriptwriter Gregory Dawson is holed up in a Cornish hotelwriting a script he must finish. A chance encounter in the bar sends him backto the lost world of his youth before the slaughter of The First World War.Caught in the past Dawson relives his time within the magic circle of theAlington family, days on the moors...

The Birling family are spending a happy evening celebrating the engagement of Sheila Birling to Gerald Croft - a marriage that will result in the merging of two successful local businesses. Yet just when everything seems to be going so well, they receive a surprise visit from an Inspector Goole who is investigating the suicide of a young girl. As the Inspector reveals more about the circumstances that led to the death of Eva Smith, each member of the family comes under the spotlight, and q...

It is spring 1945. Three men who have been serving together overseas return, demobilised, to the same village. Coming from very different walks of life, the war has brought them together in unexpected friendship.Following each man as he returns home and must come to terms with what he finds there, the novel considers the challenges both with returning to find nothing changed, and returning home to unexpected difficulties. As the men resume civilian life, they meet again to consider...

Priestley defined the essay as a 'prose masterpiece in miniature' and he expressed his thoughts on a diverse range of subjects from old age to his horror of conferences. Writing sometimes 'out of devilment' to shake up a complacent public, Priestley's essays reveal the singular voice of one of Britain's most distinguished writers.

Priestley’s WarsSOLDIER • BROADCASTER • CAMPAIGNERedited byNeil HansonwithTom PriestleyGREAT NORTHERN“JB Priestley shaped the political thinking of a whole generation and contributed to the search for world peace after the bloodshed of that war.” Tony Benn“He was one of the best friends mankind had in the 20th Century. His advice was extraordinary, not just in its individuality, but also in its justice as has been proved by event...

Time and the Conways follows the fortunes of one family over a period of years, and offers a moving perspective on the abstract nature of the past, present and future. It is 1919, the War is over and the Conway family are celebrating their daughter Kay's 21st birthday. But her sudden premonition of their lives in 1937 casts a shadow over their dreams and expectations. This BBC Radio production features a distinguished cast including Marcia Warren, Stella Gonet, Belinda Sinclair, A...

J. B. Priestley is the first book to provide a detailed and up to date analysis of the enormous contribution made by this playwright, novelist, journalist and critic to twentieth century British theatre.Priestley was often criticised for being either too populist or too experimental and this study unpicks the contradictions of a playwright and theatre theorist popular with audiences but too often dismissed by critics; describing and analysing in detail not only his plays b...