Eden End (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: J. B. Priestley
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Plot: Naturalistic
- Time of Work: October, 1912
- Setting: Eden End, in the north of England
- Principal Characters: Dr. Kirby, Stella Kirby, Lilian Kirby, Wilfred Kirby, Sarah, Charles Appleby, Geoffrey Farrant
- Genres: Naturalistic literature, Drama
- Subjects: Values, Acting or actors, Parents and children, Tradition, Doctors, 1910’s, England or English people, Fathers, Nostalgia
- Locales: England
The Play
At the piano in the well-worn but comfortable Kirby sitting room in a village in the north of England, Wilfred Kirby picks out a tune from a London musical. Sarah, the nurse who tended the Kirby children and has remained a family fixture, informs the bored young man that he does not have the talent his older sister Stella has. Lilian, Dr. Kirby’s second child, has an equally low opinion of her younger brother’s musical ability and tells him so. Wilfred teases his sister about Geoffrey Farrant, who runs a nearby estate, while Lilian questions Wilfred about the...
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