All My Sons
Written by Arthur Miller
Narrated by Julie Harris, James Farentino and Full Cast
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
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.
Tony Award Winner for Best Author (1947)
AudioFile Magazine review: “One of the strengths of L.A. Theatre Works is their skill at selecting quality plays previously unavailable on audio. Arthur Miller’s 1947 breakthrough play is at once a postwar family drama, an indictment of false societal values and a searing tragedy. James Farentino plays businessman Joe Keller with a gruff bluster that sometimes masks a sacrificial love for his son Chris (Arye Gross), an idealist home from the war. Julie Harris, as the mother, Kate, is alternately needy, demanding, lovingly solicitous and willfully blind to the past. The live responses of the audience underscore the touches of humor that season the early acts of this landmark American drama.”
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring James Farentino, Arye Gross, Julie Harris, Mitchell Hebert, Naomi Jacobson, Barbara Klein, Paul Morella, Michaeleen O'Neil, Nathan Taylor and Jerry Whiddon.
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he began work with the Federal Theatre Project. His first Broadway hit was All My Sons, closely followed by Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and A View from the Bridge. His other writing includes Focus, a novel; The Misfits, first published as a short story, then as a cinema novel; In Russia, In the Country, Chinese Encounters (all in collaboration with his wife, photographer Inge Morath) and 'Salesman' in Beijing, non-fiction; and his autobiography, Timebends, published in 1987. Among his other plays are: Incident At Vichy, The Creation of the World and Other Business, The American Clock, The Last Yankee, and Resurrection Blues. His novella, Plain Girl, was published in 1995 and his second collection of short stories, Presence, in 2007. He died in February 2005 aged eighty-nine.
Reviews for All My Sons
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I absolutely loved this play. I had to read Death of a Salesman for school and instantly fell in love with Miller's style. After such great works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, I wasn't sure how All My Sons would measure up, especially after reading mixed reviews about it. But I think this is an excellent and timeless play. Although I only got to know the characters for a short time, my heart was burning for them by the end and the final scene took my breath away. It is truly a great read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A wonderful drama ... not the type that makes you want to kill yourself with in-your-face angst, but a slowly unfolding multi-layered beauty of a piece.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5what happened in the end has Keller killed himself ? -_-
In this play you would start questioning different values of the society and the fairness of the society as the criminal is outside while an innocent man is in prison! Going deep inside the event, you might notice that Keller is not that much guilty because he is the product of his society; he is a victim to his society because this is what he has been taught. So, society victimizes its citizens by a set of corrupt values it taught. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The actors are wonderful, the play gives so much life to it, but I just cannot get into the plot
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5the writing style, with natural dialogues like real people actually talk to each other really helps set the mood. It really sucked me into the play with realistic people and principles. it really shows that it's not always black and white in the world. during the end of the play, i was holding my breath. This conflict that this family had tried to bury so deep into the ground all these years was seeping through the ground, clawing its way out-messily.
The plot twists and the ending really puts me into perspective.
A really great play with great characters. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5LA Theatre Works really has a quality set of audio plays! I’ve been moving through them one by one and it’s like I’m watching a movie! Excellent!