All My Sons (York Notes Advanced) (York Notes Advanced) (York Notes Advanced) [Paperback]

Arthur Miller (Author), Eli Z. Lassman (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1405861800 | ISBN-13: 978-1405861809

Joe Keller and Herbert Deever, partners in a machine shop during the war, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went on to make a lot of money. In a work of tremendous power, a love affair between Keller's son, Chris, and Ann Deever, Herbert's daughter, the bitterness of George Keller, who returns from the war to find his father in prison and his father's partner free, and the reaction of a son to his father's guilt escalate toward a climax of electrifying intensity.

Winner of the Drama Critics' Award for Best New Play in 1947, All My Sons established Arthur Miller as a leading voice in the American theater. All My Sons introduced, themes that thread through Miller's work as a whole: the relationships between fathers and sons and the conflict between business and personal ethics.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A capable cast supports Julie Harris, whose moving performance may arguably be the best of her career. -- Booklist

Also from LA Theatre Works is Arthur Miller's "All My Sons." Another Audie Award-winner, this production stars Julie Harris, James Farantino and Ayre Gross.

Written and produced in 1947, this is a hard-hitting story, set shortly after World War II, about Joe Keller, who became rich as a manufacturer of substandard war materials in a conflict that took one of his sons and imprisoned a colleague. -- St. Louis Post Dispatch

Audie Award Finalist--Audio Publisher's Association --Audio Publisher's Association, APA

About the Author

When Arthur Miller burst upon the theatre world with this 1947 play, he established his position as the leading playwright of his generation. Simultaneously, he made a brilliant case for his contention that the American theatre could encompass tragedy equal in stature to that of the ancient Greeks. The heroes, he maintained, were not the kings and gods of antiquity, but the everyday working people of this country. Miller had begun writing plays as a student at the University of Michigan and had won several awards (one of which he shared with his contemporary, Tennessee Williams), but his first Broadway play lasted for only five performances in 1944. He authored several radio scripts before ALL MY SONS opened and became his first Broadway hit. Two years later, DEATH OF A SALESMAN won him the Pulitzer Prize. He remains a vital force in today’s theatre. “The stage,” he writes, “is the place for ideas, for philosophies, for the most intense discussions of man’s fate.”

Product Details

• Paperback: 243 pages
• Publisher: Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc. (October 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405861800
• ISBN-13: 978-1405861809
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #756,006 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)