“They Came to a City. A Play in Two Acts”
| Title | “They Came to a City. A Play in Two Acts” |
| Year for Search | 1943 |
| Authors | Priestley, J[ohn] B[oynton](1894-1984) |
| Tertiary Authors | Priestley, J. B. |
| Secondary Title | Three Plays |
| Pagination | 147-216 |
| Date Published | 1943 |
| Publisher | William Heinemann |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | The eutopia that might be possible in post-war Britain as seen through the eyes of characters representative of contemporary Britain. Only some see it positively. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. without the subtitle in his Four Plays (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944), 151-221. Rpt. as “They Came to a City: A Play in Two Acts.” In The Plays of J.B. Priestley. Volume III (London: William Heinemann, 1950), 139-201 with a brief note by Priestley on xi. |
| Info Notes | Written in the summer of 1942 and first performed in Bradford, Eng. in early 1943, followed by a provincial tour, then opening at the Globe Theatre in London in April 1943. A 1944 film was directed by Basil Deardon (1911-71) with screenplay by Priestley, Deardon, and Sidney Cole (1908-98). . |
| Holding Institutions | MnU |
| Author Note | (1894-1984) |
| Full Text | 1943 Priestley, J[ohn] B[oynton] (1894-1984). “They Came to a City. A Play in Two Acts.” In his Three Plays (London: William Heinemann, 1943), 147-216. Rpt. in his Four Plays (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944), 151-221. Rpt. as “They Came to a City: A Play in Two Acts.” In The Plays of J.B. Priestley. Volume III (London: William Heinemann, 1950), 139-201 with a brief note by Priestley on xi. Written in the summer of 1942 and first performed in Bradford, Eng. in early 1943, followed by a provincial tour, then opening at the Globe Theatre in London in April 1943. A 1944 film was directed by Basil Deardon (1911-71) with screenplay by Priestley, Deardon, and Sidney Cole (1908-98). MnU The eutopia that might be possible in post-war Britain as seen through the eyes of characters representative of contemporary Britain. Only some see it positively. |
