In this clip, we examine the devices and dramatic styles Priestley employs to influence the audience’s response to the play’s characters and events, such as genre, structure, suspense, speech, melodrama, and dramatic irony. Combining a presenter and re-enactments of various scenes, this is an excellent resource for middle and senior secondary-level students of English, literature, and drama.

Originally released by Video Education America (VEA), 2017. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 30, 2018.

Dramatic Style (8:11); .