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All My Sons

The cast of All My Sons.

Until Mar 7, 2026
Charing Cross Rd, Charing Cross, London WC2H 0DA, UK

When Arthur Miller died, in 2005, “he was mourned in England as a revered contemporary, in America as a figure from a bygone age,” the Times Literary Supplement reported. “Why this division?,” The Guardian’s Michael Billington asked in a recent essay. “One answer, supplied by All My Sons, is that Miller analysed the American psyche while being steeped in European tradition.” Written in 1947, the play has returned to the U.K. for its third major revival in a decade. A trenchant critique of the American Dream, it follows Joe Keller, a respected businessman and proud family man who has prospered on wartime contracts during W.W. II. But when his son goes missing and evidence emerges that his partner shipped defective airplane parts that led to the deaths of 21 pilots, Joe’s own role in the crime begins to surface. Bryan Cranston leads a cast that includes Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Paapa Essiedu. Ivo Van Hove directs. —Jeanne Malle

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