Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Talawa Theatre Company

Set in 1947, the play centres on Joe and Kate Keller, an all-American couple who have the ghosts of World War II living in their own backyard.

Joe is a successful, self-made businessman, a loving family man and a pillar of the community. He is a partner in a machine shop building fighter plane parts. One thing overshadows Joe and Kate’s happiness - their son is missing in action, presumed dead by all but his mother.

A searing investigation of honesty, guilt and the corrupting power of greed, the play was Arthur Miller’s first success, establishing him as a leading voice in theatre.