How does Priestly keep the attention of the audience in Act 1? :: English Literature

How does priestly keep the attention of the audience in Act 1? quizzer calls was set in 1912, it was written in 1945, and wasperformed in 1946. priestlike wanted to show his views, so he created aperformance called Inspector Calls to show that he cares for others,so Priestly maintains interest by using sundry(a) different devices, andthats what my essay will be about, the various devices that Priestlyused the keep the attention of the audience. Firstly, the play has got a pace, which is fast, the evidence of thisis that the Inspector doesnt keep talking to the same person for fiveminutes, he asks one person one question and then he goes onto thenext person. The point of this is Priestly doesnt bore the audiencehe keeps everyones attention by going thought the scenes. InInspector calls the characters were each revealed step by step, and eventually they all revealed properly at the end of the play. Atthe end of act 1 the only characters that have been revealed is MrBirling, because t hey found out that he had sacked Daisy Retton unspoiledfor asking if she could have abit more money, Gerald was also revealedbut not much, because Shelia knew that Gerald new something when theInspector said the name Daisy Retton because his face gave theimpression. The point of this is that they have only revealed dickenscharacters in act 1 so that the audience will want to keep watching,because they would like to pick out where the other characters come in themystery.Secondly, the play refers to the political climate of time, theevidence of this is that once he has asked someone a question, theyanswer it, then the person he had asked a question to before he asksthem i.e. did you know anything about that. The point of this is, ifany one out of the audience has misunderstood a little bit of asentence then he goes O.K. over it but in a different way of saying itlater on, so then that person has understood the whole storyline sofar. Also the storyline is slowly unravelling of the plot, but by theend of act 1 the audience is completely drawn in. The evidence of thisis, the stage directions in the book, the fountain is different and itsays she looks at him in triumph. He looks crushed. The door slowlyopens and the inspector appears, looking steadily and searchingly atthem, so if you were watching the play, then the Inspector will open