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All My Sons

All My Sons
Arthur Miller

All My Sons is a 1947 play by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1949, and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan , produced by Elia 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.

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“I know you're no worse than most men but I thought you were better. I never saw you as a man. I saw you as my father.”

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“Chris: I don't know why it is, but every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer.”

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