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Synopsis

How far would a man go to protect his family, his interests, and his legacy? Joe Keller, the patriarch in All My Sons, desperately wants to secure and maintain the financial security and legacy he spent so many years building, ready to hand it down to his surviving son Chris. At the same time, Joe’s wife Kate is still waiting for their eldest son Larry to return from war, determined that he is alive and will marry the former girl-next-door, Ann --the daughter of Joe’s former business partner who is sitting in prison, punished for Joe’s crimes. To complicate this family drama, Chris and Ann are in love and want to get married. In All My Sons, Arthur Miller creates a post-war American family in a tragic downfall of lies, greed, love, and loss, and demands its audience examine their own social responsibilities to all the sons of American wars.

Show Information

Category
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
3
First Produced
1947
Genres
Drama
Settings
Period, Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
keller family backyard, 1947
Cast Size
medium
Ideal For
Community Theatre, High School, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Theatre, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult, Young Adult, Child Characters, Medium Cast

Context

Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Joe Keller

Lead

Male

Spoken

Kate Keller

Lead

Female

Spoken

Chris Keller

Lead

Male

Spoken

Ann Deever

Lead

Female

Spoken

Dr. Jim Bayliss

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Sue Bayliss

Supporting

Female

Spoken

George Deever

Supporting

Male

Spoken

Frank Lubey

Featured

Male

Spoken

Lydia Lubey

Featured

Female

Spoken

Bert

Featured

Male

Spoken

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Guide Written By:

Cindi Calhoun

Cindi Calhoun

Theatre teacher, director, writer, and seamstress