From the NS archive: Thoughts in the wilderness: the new drolls
19 February 1955: Comedy on stage and television and the serious business of being funny.
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JB Priestley
JB Priestley is a playwright and author. His work includes the plays An Inspector Calls (1945) and The Good Companions (1929).
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