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| Author | J.B. Priestley |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Heinemann (UK) Harper & Brothers (US) |
Publication date | 1943 |
| Media type | |
Daylight on Saturday is a 1943 novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. It follows the various employees of an aircraft factory during the Second World War. The title was a reference to the fact that workers only see daylight at the weekends. [1]
Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist who published over 150 works. He has historically been credited with the independent discovery of oxygen in 1774 by the thermal decomposition of mercuric oxide, having isolated it. Although Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele also has strong claims to the discovery, Priestley published his findings first. Scheele discovered it by heating potassium nitrate, mercuric oxide, and many other substances about 1772.
John Boynton Priestley, OM was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
The Priestley Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and is awarded for distinguished service in the field of chemistry. Established in 1922, the award is named after Joseph Priestley, the discoverer of oxygen who immigrated to the United States of America in 1794. The ACS formed in 1876, spearheaded by a group of chemists who had met two years previously in Priestley's home.
Time and the Conways is a British play written by J. B. Priestley in 1937 illustrating J. W. Dunne's Theory of Time through the experience of a moneyed Yorkshire family, the Conways, over a period of nineteen years from 1919 to 1937. Widely regarded as one of the best of Priestley's Time Plays, a series of pieces for theatre which played with different concepts of Time, it continues to be revived in the UK regularly.
The British author J. B. Priestley wrote a number of dramas during the 1930s and 40s, which have come to be known as his Time Plays. They are so called because each constructs its plot around a particular concept of time. In the plays, various theories of time become a central theatrical device of the play, the characters' lives being affected by how they react to the unusual temporal landscape they encounter.
The possibility that there might be more than one dimension of time has occasionally been discussed in physics and philosophy. Similar ideas appear in folklore and fantasy literature.
They Came to a City is a 1944 British film directed by Basil Dearden adapted from the 1943 play of the same title by J. B. Priestley. It stars John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley, Renee Gadd, A. E. Matthews and others, and is notable for including a cameo guest appearance by Priestley as himself. The plot concerns the experiences of various people who have come to live in their "ideal" city, and explores their hopes and reasons for doing so. Many of the cast had also performed their roles in the original stage play. The film's art direction was by Michael Relph.
English Journey is an account by J. B. Priestley of his travels in England which was published in 1934.
Laburnum Grove is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed and starring Edmund Gwenn, Cedric Hardwicke and Victoria Hopper. It was based on the 1933 play of the same name written by J. B. Priestley.
Mary Priestley was a British music therapist. She was credited for development of Analytical Music Therapy, a synthesis of psychoanalytic theory and music therapy. Drawing on the theories of Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Melanie Klein, analytic music therapy involves the use of musical improvisation to interpret unconscious processes.
Beatrice St. Clere Priestley is an English-New Zealander professional wrestler, best known by the ring name Bea Priestley. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the NXT UK brand under the ring name Blair Davenport. From 2017 until 2021, she wrestled for World Wonder Ring Stardom and she also made appearances in New Japan Pro-Wrestling serving as Will Ospreay’s Valet.
Lost Empires is a 1965 novel by the British writer J. B. Priestley. A young man comes of age in the provincial music hall just before the outbreak of the First World War. It was set in a similar milieu to Priestley's earlier work The Good Companions.
Benighted is a 1927 novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. Priestley's second published novel, it is a story of post-First World War disillusionment. A number of travellers are forced to take shelter at an old country house during a storm.
It's an Old Country is a 1967 novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. An Australian visits England to find his long-lost father, encountering a range of different characters in his search.
Salt Is Leaving is a 1966 mystery novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. Doctor Salt begins to investigate when one of his patients Noreen Wilks goes missing for three weeks. Despite a lack of interest from the police, he becomes convinced that she has in fact been murdered.
The Shapes of Sleep is a 1962 mystery novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley.
Over The Long High Wall is a 1972 autobiographical work by the British writer J.B. Priestley.
Found, Lost, Found is a 1976 comedy novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. It was Priestley's final novel, after a lengthy career.
Festival at Farbridge is a 1951 comedy novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. A small town in the Midlands decides to hold its own event during the Festival of Britain.
Blackout in Gretley is a 1942 spy thriller novel by the British writer J.B. Priestley. The plot revolves around Nazi espionage in an industrial Midlands town.
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