All My Sons - Softcover

Miller,Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141189975 ISBN 13: 9780141189970

Publisher: Penguin, 2010

Synopsis

In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family's past they can't put behind them. Not everybody's forgotten the court case that put Joe's partner in jail, or the cracked engine heads his factory produced which caused it and dropped twenty-one pilots out of the sky!

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

World War II is over and a family, mourning a son missing in action, plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. A storm blows down the tree and a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth. Based upon a true story, All My Son is a classic drama by one of America's greatest playwrights.

At the heart of All My Sons lies a scathing criticism of the American Dream. After its publication Arthur Miller was called to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he famously refused to give evidence against others.

A Tony Award Winner for Best Author (1947).

Includes an interview with historian Bill Yenne, author of "The American Aircraft Factory in World War Two," one of his many works that chronicle the history of wartime aviation and manufacturing.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

Julie Harris as Kate Keller

James Farentino as Joe Keller

Arye Gross as Chris Keller

Mitchell Hebert as Dr. Bayliss

Naomi Jacobson as Ann

Barbara Klein as Lydia

Paul Morella as George

Michaeleen O'Neil as Sue

Nathan Taylor as Bert

Jerry Whiddon as Frank

Directed by Nick Olcott. Recorded at Voice of America, Washington DC.

About the Author:

American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller's autobiography, Timebends: A Life was published in 1987.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0141189975
• ISBN 13: 9780141189970
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112