All My Sons - Apollo Theatre
A story of guilt and a grave mistake that costs lives and tears a
family apart. This is “All My Sons”, the Greek tragedy from the pen of
one of the twentieth century’s most important playwrights - Arthur
Miller.
The story will be brought to the stage by the directing talents of
Howard Davies, who was the proud recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award
for a previous production of “All My Sons” at the National Theatre in
2000. It is just one of many awards accumulated by the team behind the
new production, with actors David Suchet and Zoe Wanamaker stepping onto
the stage with critical acclaim to their name.
“All My Sons” focuses on Suchet’s character of Joe Keller, a man who
sells engines for fighter planes battling it out during the Second World
War. However, his life is turned upside down when many pilots perish and
the finger is cast upon defective engines he has supplied. It is a
personal struggle for Keller, who most now carry the guilt of all those
lost whilst also suffering the trauma of a deceased son, who was amongst
those killed. The Keller household becomes a place of tension as hidden
family secrets come to light and Mrs Keller struggles to come to terms
with her loss. As her son’s fiancé begins to show affections towards one
of his brothers, the situation could be more than she can handle.
David Suchet is best known to people in the United Kingdom for his role
as Hercule Poirot in the screen adaptations of Agatha Christie’s well
loved novels for ITV. He is an award winning actor, honoured with an
International Emmy, a Royal Television Society Award and a BAFTA
nomination, whose stage credits include “Whose Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?” at the Aldwych Theatre (1997), “Amadeus” at the Old Vic (1998),
“Once In A Lifetime” at the Olivier National Theatre (2005), “Man and
Boy” at the Duchess Theatre (2005) and “Complicit” at the Old Vic
(2009).
Meanwhile, his co-star Zoe Wanamaker is regularly on our television
screens in the hit sitcom “My Family” in which she portrays Susan
Harper, whilst her role as Madame Hooch in “Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone” means she has been seen on cinema screens around
the world. Her theatre credits include “Electra” at the Donmar Warehouse
(1997), “Boston Marriage” at the Donmar Warehouse (2001), “Much Ado
About Nothing” at the Olivier National Theatre (2007).
Expect a compelling piece of theatre when you witness “All My Sons” at
the Apollo Theatre in London. It is a play that has stood the test of
time since it was penned in 1947 and has also been seen in two movie
versions; one in 1948 and another in 1987.
“All My Sons” is at the Apollo Theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue from
Thursday 27th May 2010 (previews from Wednesday 19th May 2010) to
Saturday 11th September 2010.