1. WHO IS THE INSPECTOR? A real character or a dramatic device?

2. The mystery of who the inspector is one the play never answers One answer is that he is simply a dramatic device; without him there would be no play. But given that the other characters are all believable and realistic, audiences want to know about the reality of the inspector. Gerald discovers that the inspector is not who he says he is. He helps the unpick the inspector’s story of the girl. S + E hang on to the conviction that ‘it was anything but a joke’ while accepting that there may have been more than one girl and that no girl may have committed suicide.

4. You will pick up marks for saying who you think the inspector is and why.