ONE of the outstanding theatrical works of the 20th century arrives in Worcestershire this coming week.

It’s All My Sons, the first major success for Arthur Miller and one which established him as one of the greatest dramatists of the last century and it will be appearing at Malvern’s Festival Theatre in the centenary year of his birth.

The production played to full houses and standing ovations when it opened in a co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester last year and Ray Shell and Doña Croll continue to lead the cast in this searing investigation of honesty, guilt and the corrupting power of greed.

Presented by the Talawa Theatre Company it is a play that was critically acclaimed during that run All My Sons transports life back to 1947 and the home of Joe and Kate Keller, an all-American couple, who are living with the ghosts of World War II.

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

Doña Croll returns to Talawa to play the role of Kate Keller. Her credits include Twelfth Night at Sheffield Crucible, The American Plan at Bath Theatre Royal & St. James Theatre, Heresy Of Love at the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Riots at the Tricycle. On screen, she is best known for her roles in Gimme Gimme Gimme, Doctors, Family Affairs, Casualty and most recently the ITV series The Ice Cream Girls.

Ray Shell’s most recent credits include The Bodyguard, Perseverance Drive at the Bush Theatre, and Driving Miss Daisy at the Wyndhams Theatre. He also originated the role of Rusty in the West End production of Starlight Express.

A novelist alongside his theatre career, his books include Iced, The Devil Has Quentin’s Heart, Spike Lee: The Eternal Maverick and his new novel, Feedin' Miranda will be published early next year. His musical White Folks was produced in concert at The Cochrane Theatre and at The Pleasance Theatre, London.

Talawa is the UK's primary black-led theatre company whose artistic director is Michael Buffong. His credits at Talawa include God’s Property with Soho Theatre and the Albany and The Serpent’s Tooth with the Almeida TheatreHe’s also been involved with Moon On A Rainbow Shawl at the National Theatre and the multi-award winning A Raisin In The Sun at the Royal Exchange Manchester.

All My Sons is at Malvern from Tuesday, April 21 to Saturday, April 25.