All My Sons

All My Sons
First edition 1947
Written byArthur Miller
Date premieredJanuary 29, 1947 (1947-01-29)
Place premieredCoronet Theatre,
New York City
Original languageEnglish
GenreTragedy
SettingThe Kellers' yard in late August 1946

All My Sons is a three-act play written in 1946 by Arthur Miller.[1] It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947, and ran for 328 performances.[2] 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, 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 1948 and 1987.

  1. ^ Miller, Arthur. Collected Plays, 1944–1961. New York: Library of America, 2006, p. 756 ISBN 193108291X
  2. ^ "All My Sons Details". The Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Archived from the original on March 2, 2007. Retrieved June 15, 2008.

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