MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
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All My Sons
Rose Theatre, Kingston
4/5
ANY revival of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons is a cause for celebration. Written in 1947, its universal theme resonates across the decades and speaks volumes today as it explores the human cost of the profit motive and the moral implications of an ethos coloured by such tenets as “every man for himself” or the infamous “there is no such thing as society... only individuals and their families.”
In the play, hard-driven businessman Joe Keller knows deep in his heart that he is guilty of an appalling crime — he has knowingly sold defective cylinder heads to the air force as aeroplane parts, an action that has caused the deaths of 21 young pilots.
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