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Title: All My Sons - starring Julie Harris, James Farentino, and Arye Gross (Audio Theatre Series) by Arthur Miller, L.A. Theatre Works, Nick Alcott, James Farentino, Arye Gross, Julie Harris ISBN: 1-58081-110-8 Publisher: L. A. Theatre Works Pub. Date: 30 January, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Early Example of Miller's Genius
Comment: This 1947 play contains all of the basic themes that would figure prominently in such later Miller masterpieces as DEATH OF A SALESMAN, THE CRUCIBLE, and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE. Joe Keller is a former airplane part manufacturer who during WWII allowed defective parts to be shipped out -- in order to save his own job -- then blamed his partner, Steve Deever, for the "oversight" when the planes crashed. A particularly disturbing aspect of the drama is that Joe's wife, Kate, knows the truth about her husband's crime but chooses to keep silence for the sake of her own belief that Larry, the Kellers' elder son who went missing in action, is still alive. The important themes in ALL MY SONS are the individual's responsibility to his family versus his responsibility to society at large, and the possibility -- or impossibility -- that a man may lead a "normal" life while knowing that he betrayed his own family. It is chilling the way Miller has Keller's guilt gradually force itself to the surface during the course of the play, until we at last see him in all his guilt and shame as a tragic figure. I encourage you to read this excellent, early Miller work.
Rating: 4
Summary: a family tragedy
Comment: All in all, the book is quite interesting. We give the story four stars, because we liked especially the end of it. It was unexpected, you never thought it was going to end like this. This story includes only a few persons, but every single men is important in a way. The tension increases more and more from the beginning to the end. It is thrilling . The plot is directly and clearly, and the text easely. The American English, used in this book, is not this difficult to understand. Through the whole book there is a red line and almost every dialogue is important for the plot ahead. Every word that is said has its own importance. Family tragedies are in the centre of it, and you cannot always see behind the faces of the persons.
Rating: 5
Summary: War crimes
Comment: The action takes place in less than 24 hours. According to the introduction by Christopher Bigsby, Miller is most concerned with the fractures in relationships. The main character, Bigsby contends, Joe Keller, does not understand the social contract.
In the opening it is established that Keller had two sons and now has one. His neighbor is a doctor. Keller lives in a substantial house with, it is evident, a tree-shaded yard. The doctor's wife wants him to treat patients to get the fees, even if the treatment is unnecessary. Kate Keller wants to believe the dead son, Larry, is coming home again. Chris, the remaining son, wants to confront his mother with the truth.
Chris also tells his father he is going to ask his brother's fiancee to marry him. Ann has been in New York for three and a half years. Kate Keller doesn't understand why she is visiting now. His mother, Kate, surmises that Chris wants to marry Ann. Ann's father has been imprisoned for causing defective parts to be sold for military planes. The actual culprit is the owner of the business, Joe Keller.
At an earlier stage in the drama Ann doesn't know her father is innocent. Chris was moved by the comraderie and loyalty of the men with whom he served in the armed forces. The doctor's wife tells Ann about Joe's perfidy. Chris had not yet learned part way through the action of the play that his father was responsible for the defective parts. Joe was acquitted at his trial.
Ann's brother George tells her that Chris's father destroyed their family. It seems that Joe had told their father to weld over the defective cylinder heads. Joe wouldn't come down to see the parts. He was sick with the flu he claimed, but he promised to take responsibility. In court Joe denied making the phoned instructions.
George wants to go and talk to Chris's father. Kate Keller tells Chris his brother is alive because if he's dead his father, Joe Keller, killed him. Through his mother's statements Chris learns that his father did have a role in releasing the defective parts. Joe Keller claims he kept the family factory profitable for Chris's sake.
The writer of the introduction claims that the success of the play scared the playwright who had produced nothing comparable yet in his career when the play was produced in 1947. It is very very good. Nothing about it is dated.
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Title: Death of A Salesman by Arthur Miller ISBN: 0140481346 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 06 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams ISBN: 0451167783 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: August, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Long Day's Journey into Night, Second edition by Eugene O´Neill, Harold Bloom ISBN: 0300093055 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title:Arthur Miller's "All My Sons": A Study Guide from Gale's "Drama for Students" ASIN: B00006G3BT Publisher: The Gale Group Pub. Date: 23 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $3.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $3.95 |
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Title: A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller ISBN: 0374521484 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1982 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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