Act Summaries

Act 1:

• Characters are introduced
• Setting is established
• Sheila receives engagement ring
• Inspector arrives and tells them that a girl has committed suicide
• Mr Birling is questioned
• Sheila is questioned
• It is announced that Eva Smith changed her name to Daisy Renton
• Sheila privately interrogates Gerald

Act 2:

• Gerald is questioned
• Mrs Birling is questioned
• Mrs Birling blames Eva’s death on her child’s father
• Eric enters

Act 3:

• Eric figures out that they have realised that her is the father of Eva’s child
• Eric admits what happened
• Inspector does his speech and leaves
• Gerald comes back and tells everyone that it was a hoax
• Mr Birling calls the infirmary to clarify that it was a hoax
• It is a hoax
• The phone rings and it is the police
• Play abruptly ends