During the war Joe Keller and Herbert Deever ran a machine
shop which made airplane parts. Deever was sent to prison
because the firm turned out defective parts, causing the
deaths of many men. Keller went free and made a lot of
money. The twin shadows of this catastrophe and the fact
that the young Keller son was reported missing during the
war dominate the action. The love affair of Chris Keller
and Ann Deever, the bitterness of George Deever returned
from the war to find his father in prison and his father’s
partner free, are all set in a structure of almost unbearable
power. The climax, showing the reaction of a son to his
guilty father, is a fitting conclusion to a play electrifying in
its intensity. 

Suitable for everyone.

February 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16