All My Sons
Cotswold Playhouse, Stroud, GL5 1LW
Tue 19th March 2024 - Sat 23rd March 2024
It is August 1946. The war is over, business is booming and an affluent middle-American family is enjoying the sunshine in their garden with friends and neighbours. The only apparent jarring note in this comfortable scene is that a storm the previous night has torn down an apple tree — a memorial to a son who was lost in the war.
However, below this calm surface, lurk memories of appalling events and terrible secrets, hidden by a complex web of self-deception and denial. With the arrival of an ex-neighbour, once the girlfriend of the lost son, the web begins to unravel with devastating consequences for the whole family.
All My Sons is based upon a true story. It was Arthur Miller's first major commercial success and confirmed him as one of the finest playwrights of the twentieth century.
This play contains adult and suicide themes that may be distressing for some audience members.
However, below this calm surface, lurk memories of appalling events and terrible secrets, hidden by a complex web of self-deception and denial. With the arrival of an ex-neighbour, once the girlfriend of the lost son, the web begins to unravel with devastating consequences for the whole family.
All My Sons is based upon a true story. It was Arthur Miller's first major commercial success and confirmed him as one of the finest playwrights of the twentieth century.
This play contains adult and suicide themes that may be distressing for some audience members.
