#10 in Drama & theatre
All My Sons
- 85
- Pages
- about 1.5 h
- Reading time
- Tony Award for Best Author
- Tony Award for Best Director
- New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
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About the book
All My Sons is a three-act play written in 1946 by Arthur Miller. 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. It was directed by Elia Kazan, 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.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 54 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 26% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Drama & theatre average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 12 | 22% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 42 | 78% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Brilliant play, where it starts off as just a mere domestic drama about grief and the weird relationship of a man going after his brother's fiancée after he passes; it is almost innocent enough where I expected it to merely be about just that. But…”
“Holy smokes does this play pack a punch! I did not see all of the twists and turns coming. I found myself having to reread a couple of passages over just to make sure I read what I had read. This is a gut-wrenching tale…”
Frequently asked
How long is All My Sons?
It has 85 pages — shorter than 97% of the ranked books in Drama & theatre.
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