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Miller's intention in All My Sons is to show that a man's public acts and responsibilities are inseparable from his private ones, that he is as responsible to all mankind as he is to his family. Joe Keller is the owner of a factory which sold defective airplane parts to the army in World War II, managing to kill some American flyers. Passing the responsibility off onto his innocent partner, he escapes a jail sentence and lives scot free but heavy hearted in his "American town." Both his sons fought in the War--the elder lost...
...Keller family, despite its typical appearance, is in a bad way, Joe is a murderer Chris, the son, is an idealistic capitalist-to-be: and Mrs. Keller is a neurotic (she has migraine headaches and insists her son is still alive). Chris wants to marry Ann Deever, his brother's former sweetheart and, by the way, the daughter of his father's partner. Chris discovers his father's guilt and is disillusioned; Joe discovers that his older son had committed suicide when he heard about his father's crime, and shoots himself...
...Charles Playhouse production is not good enough to overcome the play's weaknesses. John McQuade conveyed less of of Keller's toughness than of his nervous guilt (perhaps the nervousness was McQuade's), and Alan Bergmann was properly intense and idealistic as Chris, though the character seemed somewhat more stupid than he should have. Sylvia Davis as Kate Keller was generally unconvincing. There were, in spite of it all, a few very powerful scenes...
...unprecedentedly optimistic work that displays more deftness than depth. Among last season's worthiest survivors: Lillian Hellman's corrosive Toys in the Attic; Paddy Chayefsky's sensitive, mystic and comic The Tenth Man; and The Miracle Worker, the superbly acted story of young Helen Keller and her teacher...
Despite lack of depth, the team is an extremely strong one. Wrestling at 123 is Pete Keeler, winner of the trophy for the Outstanding Wrestler in the Maryland Inter-Scholastic Competition last year. Though currently bothered by virus, Keller is expected to win against Springfield. He's backed up by a steadily improving Ralph Kadin...