Classic to Modern English Literature

"All My Sons" is a three-act play written by Arthur Miller in 1946. It premiered on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, and closed on November 8, 1947, after 328 performances. Directed by Elia Kazan, to whom it is dedicated, and produced by Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman, the play won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The original cast included Ed Begley, Beth Merrill, Arthur Kennedy, and Karl Malden, and the production 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. "All My Sons" is set in the Keller's yard in late August 1946. Miller wrote it after his first play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck," failed on Broadway, lasting only four performances. The play is based on a true story that Miller's then-mother-in-law found in an Ohio newspaper, describing how the Wright Aeronautical Corporation had conspired with army