All My Sons | |
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Written by | Arthur Miller |
Date premiered | January 29, 1947 |
Place premiered | Coronet Theatre, New York City |
Original language | English |
Genre | Tragedy |
Setting | The 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.