TEHRAN – Iranian director Danial Shahriari plans to stage U.S. playwright Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” in an open-air setting at the Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran from July 27 to August 12. 

The Three-act play translated into Persian by Hossein Parvaresh encapsulates all the fallout from various offenses into a 24-hour time span. 

It tells the story of Joe Keller, a successful businessman, who lives comfortably with his wife, Kate, and son, Chris, in a suburban American neighborhood. However, the couple is feeling sadness over the loss of their other son, Larry, who went missing in World War II. 

“All My Sons” draws inspiration from some works by ancient Greek tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides whose protagonists commit an offence, often unknowingly, which will return to haunt them, sometimes many years later. 

Among the most popular plays by Miller (1915 – 2005) are “Death of a Salesman” (1949), “The Crucible” (1953) and “A View from the Bridge” (1955). 

Babak Jafarieh, Halimeh Noruzi, Ahmad Safarzadeh, Mahdieh Zandieh, Farzad Ayati and Parvaneh Shamekhi are among the main members of the cast, Persian media announced on Saturday. 

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