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| writer     = [[Arthur Miller]]
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| setting    = The Kellers' yard in late August 1946
| premiere   = ((Start date|1947|01|29))
| place      = [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Coronet Theatre]],<br>New York City
| orig_lang  = English
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| genre      = Tragedy
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'''''All My Sons''''' is a three-act [[Play (theatre)|play]] written in 1946 by [[Arthur Miller]].<ref> [1] Miller, Arthur. ''Collected Plays, 1944–1961''. New York: Library of America, 2006, p. 756  ((ISBN|193108291X))</ref> It opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at the [[Eugene O'Neill Theatre|Coronet Theatre]] in [[New York City]] on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947, and ran for 328 performances.<ref>((cite web|title=All My Sons Details |url=http://www.ibdb.com/show.asp?id=1455 |work=The Internet Broadway Database |year=2008 |access-date=June 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302062410/http://www.ibdb.com/show.asp?ID=1455 |archive-date=March 2, 2007 ))</ref> It was directed by [[Elia Kazan]] (to whom it is dedicated), produced by Kazan and [[Harold Clurman]], and won the [[New York Drama Critics' Circle Award]]. It starred [[Ed Begley]], Beth Merrill, [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]], and [[Karl Malden]] and won both the [[Tony Award for Best Author]] and the [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play]]. The play was adapted for films in [[All My Sons (film)|1948]] and 1987.

==Background==
Miller wrote ''All My Sons'' after his first play ''[[The Man Who Had All the Luck]]'' failed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], lasting only four performances. Miller wrote ''All My Sons'' as a final attempt at writing a commercially successful play; he vowed to "find some other line of work"<ref name=about>((cite web | title=Study Guide: All My Sons – About   | url=http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/allmysons/about.html | work=GradeSaver | year=2008 | access-date=June 15, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080612180454/http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/allmysons/about.html| archive-date= June 12, 2008 | url-status= live))</ref> if the play did not find an audience.

''All My Sons'' is based upon a true story, which Miller's then-mother-in-law pointed out in an Ohio newspaper.<ref name="MEY">Meyers, Jeffrey, ''The Genius and the Goddess: Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe'', University of Illinois Press, ((ISBN|9780252035449)) (2009), pp. 92–93</ref> The news story described how in 1941–43 the [[Curtiss-Wright|Wright Aeronautical Corporation]] based in Ohio had conspired with army inspection officers to approve defective aircraft engines destined for military use.<ref name="MEY"/><ref name="CLAU">Clausen, Henry C., and Lee, Bruce, ''Pearl Harbor: Final Judgment'', Da Capo Press, ((ISBN|0306810352)) (2001), pp. 56–58</ref>  The story of defective engines had reached investigators working for Sen. [[Harry S. Truman|Harry Truman]]'s congressional investigative board after several Wright aircraft assembly workers informed on the company; they later testified under oath before Congress.<ref name="MEY"/><ref name="CLAU"/>  In 1944, three Army Air Force officers, Lt. Col. Frank C. Greulich, Major Walter A. Ryan, and Major William Bruckmann were relieved of duty and later convicted of neglect of duty.<ref name="HIN">Hinton, Harold B., ''Air Victory: the men and the machines'', New York: Harper & Bros. (1948), pp. 249–251</ref><ref>Corning, New York Leader (April 5, 1944), p. 9</ref><ref name="MILW">''Three Air Officers 'Guilty of Neglect', Ordered Dismissed'', The Milwaukee Journal, April 26, 1944, p. 33</ref>

[[Henrik Ibsen]]'s influence on Miller is evidenced from the Ibsen play ''[[The Wild Duck]]'', from where Miller took the idea of two partners in a business where one is forced to take moral and legal responsibility for the other. This is mirrored in ''All My Sons''. He also borrowed the idea of a character's idealism being the source of a problem.<ref>((cite web | title=Study Guide: All My Sons – Section 6 | url=http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/allmysons/section6.html | work=GradeSaver | year=2008 | access-date=June 15, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080704200221/http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/allmysons/section6.html| archive-date= July 4, 2008 | url-status= live))</ref>

The criticism of the [[American Dream]], which lies at the heart of ''All My Sons'', was one reason why Miller was called to appear before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] during the 1950s, when America was gripped by anti-communist sentiment. Miller sent a copy of the play to [[Elia Kazan]] who directed the original stage version of ''All My Sons''. Kazan was a former member of the Communist Party who shared Miller's left-wing views. However, their relationship was destroyed when Kazan gave names of suspected Communists to the House Un-American Activities Committee during the [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]].<ref name=about/><ref>((cite web | title=Elia Kazan Biography | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001415/bio | work=The Internet Movie Database | year=2008 | access-date=June 15, 2008))</ref>

==Characters==
'''Joe Keller''' — Joe, 60, was exonerated after being charged with knowingly shipping from his factory defective aircraft engine cylinder heads (for [[Curtiss P-40]] fighters) during [[World War II]], becoming (in his own words) "the guy who made 21 P-40s crash in Australia". For over three years he has placed the blame on his partner and former neighbor, Steve Deever, although he himself committed the crime.  When the truth comes out, Joe justifies his actions by claiming that he did it for his family.

'''Kate Keller''' (Mother) — Kate, 50, knows that Joe is guilty but lives in denial while mourning for her younger son Larry, who has been "[[missing in action]]" for three years. She refuses to believe that Larry is dead and maintains that Ann Deever — who returns for a visit at the request of Larry's brother Chris — is still "Larry's girl" and also believes that he is coming back.

'''Chris Keller''' — Chris, 32, returned home from [[World War II]] two years before the play begins, disturbed by the realization that the world was continuing as if nothing had happened. He has summoned Ann Deever to the Keller house in order to ask her hand in marriage, but they're faced with the obstacle of Kate's unreasonable conviction that Larry will someday return.  Chris idolizes his father, not knowing initially what he has done.

'''Ann Deever''' — Ann, 26, arrives at the Keller home having shunned her "guilty" father since his imprisonment. Throughout the play, Ann is often referred to as pretty, beautiful, and intelligent-looking and as "Annie". She had a relationship with Larry Keller before his
disappearance and has since moved on because she knows the truth of his fate. She hopes that the Kellers will consent to her marriage to Larry's brother, Chris, with whom she has had corresponded by mail for two years. Ann is the truth-bearer in the play.

'''George Deever''' — George, 31, is Ann's older brother: a successful New York lawyer, [[World War II|WWII]] veteran, and a childhood friend of Chris's.  He initially believed in his father's guilt, but upon visiting Steve in jail, realizes his innocence and becomes enraged at the Kellers for deceiving him. He returns to save his sister from her marriage to Chris, creating the catalyzing final events.

'''Dr. Jim Bayliss''' — Jim, 40, is a successful doctor, but is frustrated with the stifling domesticity of his life. He wants to become a medical researcher, but continues in his job as it pays the bills. He is a close friend to the Keller family and spends a lot of time in their backyard.

'''Sue Bayliss''' — Sue, 40, is Jim's wife: needling and dangerous, but affectionate.  She too is a friend of the Keller family, but is secretly resentful of what she sees as Chris's bad idealistic influence on Jim. Sue confronts Ann about her resentment of Chris in a particularly volatile scene.

'''Frank Lubey''' — Frank, 33, was always one year ahead of the draft, so he never served in World War II, instead staying home to marry George's former sweetheart, Lydia.  He draws up Larry's horoscope and tells Kate that Larry must still be alive, because the day he died was meant to be his "favorable day".  This strengthens Kate's faith and makes it much harder for Ann to  move on.

'''Lydia Lubey''' — Lydia, 27, was George's love interest before the war; after he went away, she married Frank and they soon had three children. She is a model of peaceful domesticity and lends a much-needed cheerful air to several moments of the play.

'''Bert''' — Bert, 8, is a little boy who lives in the neighborhood; he is friends with the Bayliss' son Tommy and frequently visits the Kellers' yard to play "jail" with Joe. He appears only twice in the play: the first time, his part seems relatively unimportant, but the second time his character is more important as he sparks a verbal attack from mother when mentioning "jail", which highlights Joe's secret.

===Unseen characters===
'''Larry Keller''' — Larry has been [[Missing in action|MIA]] for some years at the start of the play. However, he has a significant effect on the play through his mother's insistence that he is still alive and his brother's love for Larry's childhood sweetheart, Ann. Comparisons are also made in the story between Larry and Chris; in particular, their father describes Larry as the more sensible one with a "head for business".

'''Steve Deever''' — George and Ann's father. Steve is sent to prison for shipping faulty aircraft parts—a crime that not only he but also the exonerated Keller committed.

==Synopsis==

===Act I===
In August 1946, Joe Keller, a self-made businessman, and his wife Kate are visited by a neighbor, Frank. At Kate's request, Frank is trying to figure out the horoscope of the Kellers' missing son Larry, who disappeared in 1943 while serving in the military during World War II. There has been a storm and the tree planted in Larry's honor has blown down during the month of his birth, strengthening Kate’s belief that Larry is coming back, while Joe and Chris, the Kellers' other son, believe differently. Furthermore, Chris wishes to propose to Ann Deever, who was Larry's girlfriend at the time he went missing and who has been corresponding with Chris for two years. Joe and Kate react to this news with shock. When Ann arrives, it is revealed that her father, Steve Deever, is in prison for selling cracked cylinder heads to the Air Force, causing the deaths of twenty-one pilots in 1943. Joe was his partner but was exonerated of the crime. Ann admits that neither she nor her brother are in touch with their father anymore. After a heated argument, Chris proposes alone to Ann, who accepts. Chris also reveals that he has [[survivor's guilt]] from losing all his men in a [[Company (military unit)|company]] he led. Meanwhile, Joe receives a phone call from George, Ann's brother, who is coming there to settle something.

===Act II===
Chris avoids telling his mother about his engagement with Ann. Their next-door neighbor Sue emerges and reveals to Ann that everyone on the block thinks Joe is equally guilty of the crime of supplying faulty aircraft engines. Shortly afterward, George Deever arrives and reveals that he has just visited the prison to see his father, Steve. The latter claimed that Joe told him by phone to "weld up and paint over" the cracked cylinders and send them out, and later gave a false promise that Joe would take the blame. George insists his sister Ann cannot marry Chris Keller, the son of the man who destroyed the Deevers. Frank reveals his horoscope, which implies that Larry is alive, to Kate's pleasure. Joe maintains that he was bedridden with the flu on the fateful day of dispatch. They manage to settle George, but Kate lets slip that Joe has not been sick in fifteen years. Despite George's protests, Chris and Ann send him away.

After Kate claims to Joe and Chris that moving on from Larry would reveal Joe as a murderer, Chris concludes that George was right. Joe, out of excuses, confesses that he sent out the cracked airheads to avoid closure of the business, intending to notify the base later that they needed repairs. However, when the fleet crashed and made headlines, Joe lied to Steve and abandoned him at the factory to be arrested. Chris cannot accept his explanation that it was done for the family and exclaims in despair that he doesn't know what to do about his father.

===Act III===
Chris has left home. At 2 am, Kate advises Joe to express willingness to go to prison and make Chris relent, should he return. As he only sought to make money for his family, Joe is adamant that their relationship is above the law. Soon after, Ann emerges and expresses her intention to leave with Chris regardless of Kate's disdain. When Kate angrily refuses again, Ann sends Joe away and reluctantly provides Kate with a letter from Larry. Chris returns and remains torn on whether to turn Joe over to the authorities, knowing it doesn't erase the death of his fellow soldiers or absolve the world of its natural merciless state.

Joe returns and excuses his guilt on account of the abundance of profiteers in the world. Chris wearily responds that he knew but believed that Joe was better than the others. Ann takes the letter and provides it to Chris while Kate desperately tries to push Joe away. Chris reads the letter to Joe out loud. It implies that Larry committed suicide because of his father's guilt. Joe agrees to turn himself in. He goes inside to get his coat and kills himself with a gunshot off-stage. The play ends with Chris, in tears, being consoled by Kate to not take Joe's death on himself.

==== Title ====
It's Joe's monologue at the end of Act III “Sure, [Larry] was my son. But I think to him they were all my sons. And I guess they were, I guess they were” that gives the play its title. 

===Timeline===
The precise dates of events in the play are unclear. However it is possible to construct a timeline of ''All My Sons'' using the dialogue. The action takes place in August 1946, in the [[Midwestern United States]] with the main story taking place on a Sunday morning.<ref>((cite web | author=Andrew Moore | title=Studying Arthur Miller's All My Sons | url=http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/gcse/allmysons.htm | work=Universal Teacher | year=2008 | access-date=June 15, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080610121728/http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/gcse/allmysons.htm| archive-date= June 10, 2008 | url-status= live))</ref>
* Autumn 1943: Joe encourages Steve to supply the [[USAAF]] with faulty cylinder heads for aircraft engines
* Autumn 1943: After 21 pilots crash, Joe and Steve are arrested
* November 25, 1943: Having read about his father's arrest, Larry deliberately crashes his plane off the coast of China
* 1944: Joe is released
* August 1946, a Sunday morning
** 4((nbsp))am: Larry's memorial blows down
** Ann arrives at the Keller home
** George finishes his prison visit

==Arthur Miller quotation on ''All My Sons''==

In his ''Collected Plays'', Miller commented on his feelings on watching an audience's reaction to a performance of his first successful play:
<blockquote>
The success of a play, especially one's first success, is somewhat like pushing against a door which suddenly opens from the other side. One may fall on one's face or not, but certainly a new room is opened that was always securely shut until then. For myself, the experience was invigorating. It made it possible to dream of daring more and risking more. The audience sat in silence before the unwinding of ''All My Sons'' and gasped when they should have, and I tasted that power which is reserved, I imagine, for playwrights, which is to know that by one's invention a mass of strangers has been publicly transfixed.</blockquote>

==Revivals==

;1987 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
In 1987, the Broadway revival of ''All My Sons'' won the [[Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play]] starring [[Richard Kiley]] ([[Tony Award]] nominee for Best Actor in a Play), [[Joyce Ebert]], [[Jamey Sheridan]] ([[Tony Award]] nominee for Best Featured Actor in a Play) and [[Jayne Atkinson]]. It was produced by Jay H. Fuchs and Steven Warnick in association with Charles Patsos. It was originally produced by The Long Wharf Theatre (M. Edgar Rosenblum, executive director, [[Arvin Brown]], artistic director). The production was directed by [[Arvin Brown]], scenic design by Hugh Landwehr, costume design by Bill Walker, and lighting design by [[Ronald Wallace]]. It opened on April 22, 1987, at the [[John Golden Theatre]] and closed May 17, 1987.

;2000 IMM City Theaters, [[Turkey]]
In the 2000–2003 season, it was staged by the management of Burçin Oraloğlu at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters. The characters were played by Erhan Abir (Joe), Celile Toyon (Kate), Burak Davutoğlu (Chris Keller), and Aslı Seçkin (Ann).

;2008 Broadway
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A Broadway revival began previews at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre]] on September 18, 2008, and officially opened on October 16, 2008. The limited engagement ran through until January 4, 2009.<ref name="ibdb">((cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/all-my-sons-479544 |title=All My Sons |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=February 10, 2018))</ref> The production starred [[John Lithgow]], [[Dianne Wiest]], [[Patrick Wilson]], and [[Katie Holmes]], in her Broadway debut. The other featured actors were [[Becky Ann Baker]], [[Christian Camargo]], [[Jordan Gelber]], [[Danielle Ferland]], Damian Young, and Michael D'Addario. It was directed by [[Simon McBurney]].<ref name=gans1>((cite web| last= Gans| first= Andrew| url= http://www.playbill.com/article/revival-of-millers-war-themed-all-my-sons-opens-on-broadway-oct-16-com-154274# | title= Revival of Miller's War-Themed 'All My Sons' Opens on Broadway Oct. 16| work= Playbill.com| date= October 16, 2008))</ref> The creative team consisted of scenic and costume design by Tom Pye, lighting design by Paul Anderson, sound design by Christopher Shutt and Carolyn Downing, projection design by Finn Ross, and wig and hair design by Paul Huntley.<ref name="ibdb"/><ref name=gans1/>

McBurney's direction of ''All My Sons'' grew out of a meeting with Arthur Miller in 2001, shortly after the playwright saw the New York premiere of ''[[Mnemonic (play)|Mnemonic]]''. Miller's daughter, Rebecca Miller, asked McBurney to direct the play.<ref>((cite news| last= Piepenburg| first= Erik| url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/theater/26piep.html&usg | title= An Expert in Audacity Tries Arthur Miller| work= The New York Times| date= October 22, 2008))</ref>

Some controversy surrounded the production, as the internet group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] staged an anti-[[Scientology]] protest at the first night of preview performances in New York City (due to cast member [[Katie Holmes]]).<ref>((cite web |url=https://variety.com/2008/legit/news/anti-scientology-org-aims-at-sons-1117991469// |title=Anti-Scientology org aims at 'Sons' |last=Cox |first=Gordon |date=September 2, 2008 |website=Variety |publisher=Variety Media, LLC |access-date=February 10, 2018))</ref><ref>((cite news| url= https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705256095/Holmes-creates-stir-at-Sons-premiere.html&usg |title= Holmes creates stir at 'Sons' premiere| last= Coyle| first= Jake| work= [[Deseret News]] | date= October 19, 2008))</ref> The cast dedicated their performance on September 27 to the actor [[Paul Newman]], who died the day before.((Citation needed|date=February 2018))

;2010 [[West End theatre|West End]]
[[David Suchet]] and [[Zoë Wanamaker]] (both stars of the British TV series ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'') starred in a revival production at the [[Apollo Theatre]] in London's West End. Suchet played Joe Keller and Wanamaker played his wife Kate. The production also featured [[Jemima Rooper]] as Ann Deever and [[Stephen Campbell Moore]] as Chris Keller. The show ran from May until September 11, 2010;<ref>((cite news| url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/may/28/all-my-sons-michael-billington |first= Michael| last= Billington| title= All My Sons| work= The Guardian| date= May 28, 2010))</ref> one performance was captured live and can be viewed online.<ref>((cite web |url= http://www.digitaltheatre.com/production/details/all-my-sons| work= Digital Theatre  |title= The best of British theatre |access-date=February 13, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150226045404/http://www.digitaltheatre.com/production/details/all-my-sons|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=dead))</ref>

;2013 Manchester, [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]]
[[Michael Buffong]], the artistic director of [[Talawa Theatre Company]], directed the play at the [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|Royal Exchange Theatre]] in Manchester. It starred [[Don Warrington]] as Joe Keller, [[Doña Croll]] as Kate Keller, [[Chike Okonkwo]] as Chris Keller, Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Ann Deever and Simon Coombs as George Deever.

;2015 UK Tour
[[Ray Shell]] and [[Doña Croll]] led this revival by [[Talawa Theatre Company]] for a national tour of the UK. Shell played Joe Keller and Croll played his wife Kate.  The production also featured Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Ann Deever and Leemore Marrett Jr as Chris Keller. The tour started in February and ran until April 25, 2015.<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31363531|title=All My Sons tour marks Arthur Miller centenary|work=BBC News|date=February 13, 2015 ))</ref><ref>((cite web| url= http://www.whatsonstage.com/ipswich-theatre/reviews/all-my-sons-talawa-tour_37186.html|title=All My Sons (Tour) – 'Michael Buffong ratchets up the tension' | website= whatsonstage.com))</ref><ref>((cite web| url= https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/2015/sons/|title=All My Sons – Review – Theatre| work= thestage.co.uk | date= 2015))</ref>

;2017 [[Nottingham Playhouse]]
Fiona Buffini directed a production of ''All My Sons'' for Nottingham Playhouse. The production ran from October 6, 2017, to October 21, 2017. The cast featured Sean Chapman (Joe Keller), Cary Crankson (Chris Keller) and Caroline Loncq (Kate Keller).<ref>((cite web| url= https://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/whats-on/drama/all-my-sons/ |title= ''All My Sons''| website= nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk| access-date= July 1, 2019))</ref>

;2017 The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, Dartford
From May 28 to June 3, 2017 ''All My Sons'' was performed at The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre. Joe Keller was played by Richard Self and Kate Keller by Jennifer Sims.<ref>((Cite web| url=http://www.thegwt.org.uk/PhotoPage.php?PlayNum=642|title=The GWT – All My Sons – Season 2017|website= thegwt.org.uk|access-date=October 11, 2018))</ref>

;2019 London (Old Vic)
In April, May, and June 2019, [[Sally Field]] and [[Bill Pullman]] starred in a revival at [[The Old Vic]] alongside [[Jenna Coleman]] and [[Colin Morgan]]. The production was directed by [[Jeremy Herrin]].<ref>((Cite news|url= https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2019/all-my-sons/cast|title=ALL MY SONS Cast |work= oldvictheatre.com| publisher= The Old Vic|access-date= October 11, 2018|language=en-US))</ref> On May 14, 2019, [[National Theatre Live]] live-streamed a performance to cinemas across the UK and into other countries; due to the competing American production (see below), streaming in North America was postponed until January 2020.

;2019 Broadway
A Broadway revival presented by the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] at the [[American Airlines Theatre]] began previews on April 4, 2019, and officially opened on April 22, starring [[Tracy Letts]] (Joe), [[Annette Bening]] (Kate), [[Benjamin Walker (actor)|Benjamin Walker]] (Chris) and Monte Greene (Bert).<ref>((Cite web |last= Clement |first= Olivia |url= http://www.playbill.com/article/annette-bening-and-tracy-letts-to-star-in-broadway-revival-of-all-my-sons|title=Annette Bening and Tracy Letts to Star in Broadway Revival of All My Sons |website= Playbill.com |language=en|date=September 20, 2018|access-date=October 11, 2018))</ref> The production was originally to be directed by [[Gregory Mosher]], but after a casting dispute between Mosher and the estate of Arthur Miller he was replaced by [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]].<ref>((Cite web| url= http://www.playbill.com/article/jack-obrien-steps-in-as-broadways-all-my-sons-director-replacing-gregory-mosher-after-casting-dispute|title=Jack O'Brien Steps in as Broadway's All My Sons Director, Replacing Gregory Mosher After Casting Dispute|last=McPhee|first=Ryan|date=December 18, 2018|website=Playbill|access-date=December 19, 2018))</ref><ref>((cite web |last= Clement| first= Olivia |url= http://www.playbill.com/article/all-my-sons-starring-annette-bening-tracy-letts-benjamin-walker-begins-on-broadway#|title=All My Sons, Starring Annette Bening, Tracy Letts, and Benjamin Walker, Begins on Broadway|date=April 4, 2019| work= Playbill.com |access-date=April 8, 2019))</ref> The production closed on June 30, 2019. This production received three 2019 [[Tony Award]] nominations: Best Revival of a Play, Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Bening), and Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play (Walker).<ref>((cite web| url= http://www.playbill.com/article/annette-beningled-all-my-sons-plays-final-broadway-performance-june-30# |title= Annette Bening–Led 'All My Sons' Plays Final Broadway Performance June 30| work= Playbill.com| date= June 30, 2019))</ref>

==Adaptations==
''All My Sons'' was first adapted into [[All My Sons (film)|a film]] in 1948. [[Edward G. Robinson]] played Joe Keller. It was directed by [[Irving Reis]] and gained two award nominations, Best Written American Drama and The Robert Meltzer Award for the film's co-writer [[Chester Erskine]]. In the film, Steve Deever is renamed Herbert Deever, and makes an onscreen appearance, played by actor [[Frank Conroy (actor)|Frank Conroy]].<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=67070|title=All My Sons (1948) - Overview|publisher=TCM.com|access-date=January 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313220622/http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=67070|archive-date=March 13, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref>

In 1950, [[Lux Radio Theater]] broadcast a radio play of ''All My Sons'' with [[Burt Lancaster]] as Joe. The play was adapted by S. H. Barnett and, in an interesting twist, featured the character of Steve Deever in a speaking role.<ref>((Cite web |url=http://boxcars711.podomatic.com/entry/2009-02-11T17_21_56-08_00 |title=Lux Radio Theater – All My Sons (05-01-50) |access-date=April 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401212708/http://boxcars711.podomatic.com/entry/2009-02-11T17_21_56-08_00 |archive-date=April 1, 2009 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

In 1958, the play was adapted for British television by [[Stanley Mann]] and directed by [[Cliff Owen]]. This production starred [[Albert Dekker]] as Joe Keller, [[Megs Jenkins]] as Kate Keller, [[Patrick McGoohan]] as Chris Keller and [[Betta St. John]] as Ann Deever.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae7e987|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408141328/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae7e987|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2019|title=All My Sons (1958)|publisher=bfi.org,uk|access-date=April 8, 2019))</ref>

[[File:Allmysons.jpg|thumb|right|1987 ''All My Sons'']]
In 1987, ''All My Sons'' was made into a made-for-TV film. This version is more faithful to [[Arthur Miller]]'s original play than the 1948 film version. The main roles are [[James Whitmore]] as Joe Keller, [[Aidan Quinn]] as Chris Keller, [[Michael Learned]] as Kate Keller and [[Joan Allen]] as Ann Deever. Direction was by [[Jack O'Brien (director)|Jack O'Brien]].<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090607/fullcredits|title=All My Sons|date=January 19, 1987|via=IMDb))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=457139|title=All My Sons (1987) - Overview|publisher=TCM.com|access-date=January 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230516/http://www.tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=457139|archive-date=September 30, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all))</ref> Unlike the 1948 version, this version refers to George's father as Steve as in the play rather than Herb or Herbert.

In 1998, [[L.A. Theatre Works]] made a studio-based full-cast production for radio broadcast on [[Voice of America]] and [[NPR]]. The play starred [[Julie Harris (actress)|Julie Harris]] as Kate Keller, [[James Farentino]] as Joe Keller and [[Arye Gross]] as Chris Keller.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.dramaonlinelibrary.com/series/l-a-theatre-works-iid-140115?start=0&rows=50|title=L.A. Theatre Works|publisher=Drama Online|access-date=April 8, 2019))</ref>

== In popular culture ==
The 21 P-40s that crashed in the play was the inspiration for the name of the alternative rock duo [[Twenty One Pilots]].

''All My Sons'' is featured in the [[Epistolary novel|epistolary]] [[crime novel]] ''The Appeal'' by [[Janice Hallett]].

''All My Sons'' is a 1991 song by the [[Indie rock|indie]] band [[James_(band)|James]] on the [[B_side|B-side]] of the [[Single_(music)|single]] ''[[Sound_(song)|Sound]]''. As an anti-war song, the premise of the lyrics is the same as the plot of the play.<ref>((Cite web |title=All My Sons Lyrics by James |url=https://www.streetdirectory.com/lyricadvisor/song/wwfwfu/all_my_sons/ |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=www.streetdirectory.com |language=en))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Hollywood blacklist]]

==References==
((Reflist|2))

==External links==
((Commons category|All My Sons))
;1947 play
* [http://www.danscape.de/blog/2016/01/25/character-portraits-sons Character Portraits by danscape] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806011808/http://www.danscape.de/blog/2016/01/25/character-portraits-sons |date=August 6, 2019 ))
* ((IBDB show|1455))
* ((IBDB title|1511|All My Sons|(1947 production)))
* [http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/gcse/allmysons.htm ''All My Sons'' Study guide] for GCSE exams
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060424075321/http://www.actorstheatre.org/allmysons_studyguide.pdf American ''All My Sons'' guide exploring themes]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100404061406/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/download.php?id=2 Information on Arthur Miller's influences]
* [http://www.stageagent.com/Shows/View/821''All My Sons''] – All My Sons plot summary and character descriptions from [http://www.stageagent.com StageAgent.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080228011705/https://secure.squish.com/theatreworks/images/ALL%20MY%20SONS%20Study%20Guide.pdf The social and historical context of the play]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181105083021/http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/acd/cg/ir/college/bulletin/e-vol1/1-7oikawa.pdf Essay on ''All My Sons'']

;2008 play
* ((IBDB title|479544|All My Sons|(2008 production)))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190601025901/http://allmysonsonbroadway.com/ All My Sons on Broadway Official Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090205232503/http://drb.ie/more_details/08-12-09/new_york_diary.aspx Essay contrasting the play with the 2008 US elections, from James Moran, the Dublin Review of Books]

((The Works of Arthur Miller))
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