An Inspector Calls
Lighting Plot
as of December 16, 2003
ACT	#	Page or Reference	Cue	Effect	Sound Effect Reference
I	1	Before curtain rise		Dim streetlight/moonlight visible through window; floor lamp lit; desk lamp(s) lit; suspended lamp in alcove DL lit; rear alcove lit; entire stage lit "normally"
I	2	Page 11, top	On Eric’s entry and his “What’s up?  Started telling your stories yet?”	Slowly fade out moonlight @ window
I	3	Page 11, middle	After moonlight has faded out, on Birling’s speech “Yes, you don’t know what …”	Begin faint, pulsing red glow @ window which increases in intensity
I	4	Page 11, bottom	As Birling says “…as if we’re all bees in a hive…” & on doorbell ring	Red light goes out
I	5	Page 12/13, top	On Inspector entrance:	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 3
I	6	Page 14, bottom	After Birling says “I see.”:	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 4
I	7	Page 15, bottom	On Inspector’s “…chain of events…”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 5
I	8	Page 17, middle	After Inspector’s “…better to ask for the earth than to take it…”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 6
I	9	Page 19, middle	After Birling explodes “That’s enough!”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 7
I	10	Page 22, top	As Sheila rushes from the room:	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 8
I	11	Page 24, bottom	As Sheila breaks down and sits in chair	Faint Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 9
I	12	Page 26, bottom	After Sheila says “You’ll see.  You’ll see.”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 10
I	13	Page 27, middle	After Sheila’s line “…you haven't finished asking questions, have you?”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 11
I	14	Page 29, middle	After Inspector says “We often do with the younger ones.”	Faint Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 12
I	15	Page 31, bottom	After Sheila says “He hasn’t started on you yet!”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 13
I	16	Page 34, top	After Inspector says “Yes, she’s dead.”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 14
I	17	Page 36, bottom	After Gerald says “And you’re not going to have any.”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 15
I	18	Page 38, bottom	After Gerald’s exit	Lightning, etc.	Disc 2, Track 16
I	19	Page 39, at end of Act I	After Mrs. Birling reacts to photograph	Blackout	Disc 2, Track 17
II	1	Before curtain rise		All lights off
II	2	On curtain rise	At cymbal crash	Lightning, etc., then all lights on as at end of Act I	Disc 3, Track 1
II	3	Page 42, bottom	After Inspector says “Was it or was it not your influence?”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 3, Track 3
II	4	Page 47, top	After Sheila says “I begged you and begged you to stop.”:	Lightning, etc, then lights flicker momentarily then blackout	Disc 3, Track 6
II	5	Page 47, top	With Eric onstage & in position	b. Lights go back on as before blackout
II	6	Page 49, top	As Eric says “…that’s the hellish part.”	Lightning, etc.	Disc 3, Track 7
II	7	Page 53, top	After Inspector’s exit, on door slam…	Flare up of pulsing red glow outside window, then slow fade out of red	Disc 3, Track 8
II	8	Page 53, top		After red fade out, fade-in of streetlight/moonlight again
II	9	Page 66, middle	During Birling’s phone call on “What?” and drop of glass	Begin fading all stage lights
II	10	Page 66, middle	After Birling’s “…to ask some… questions…”	Begin bath of red light both from the window and over the stage	Disc 3, Track 11
II	11	Page 66, middle	As thunder turns into earthquake	Begin strobing all lights	Disc 3, Track 11
II	12	Page 66, middle	As earthquake transitions to "Nearer My God to Thee"	Blackout and curtain	Disc 3, Track 11