Timeline of Events in The Play
The precise date of events in the play are unclear, however it is possible to construct a timeline of the back-story to All My Sons using the dialogue of the play. The play is set in August 1946, in the mid-west of the USA with the main story set between Sunday morning and a little after two o'clock the following morning.
- Autumn 1943: Joe allows Steve to supply the USAAF with faulty cylinder heads which causes the planes to crash.
- Autumn 1943: Twenty-one planes crash and Joe and Steve are arrested
- November 25, 1943: Larry crashes his plane off the coast of China having read about his father's imprisonment
- 1944: Joe is released from prison
- Sunday morning in August 1946: Ann arrives at Keller home
- Sunday 4am in August 1946: Larry's memorial blows down
- Sunday morning in August 1946: George visits Steve
- Sunday morning in August 1946: Opening of the play
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