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| Original Title: | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| ISBN: | 0811216012 (ISBN13: 9780811216012) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Mississippi,1955(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1955), New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play (1955) |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father’s inheritance amid a whirlwind of sexuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sexuality repressed in the agony of her husband, Brick Pollitt. In spite of the public controversy Cat stirred up, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Drama Critics Circle Award for that year. Williams, as he so often did with his plays, rewrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for many years—the present version was originally produced at the American Shakespeare Festival in 1974 with all the changes that made Williams finally declare the text to be definitive, and was most recently produced on Broadway in the 2003–2004 season. This definitive edition also includes Williams&rsquoi; essay “Person-to-Person,” Williams’ notes on the various endings, and a short chronology of the author’s life. One of America’s greatest living playwrights, as well as a friend and colleague of Williams, Edward Albee has written a concise introduction to the play from a playwright’s perspective, examining the candor, sensuality, power, and impact of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof then and now.Identify Containing Books Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
| Title | : | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Author | : | Tennessee Williams |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
| Published | : | September 17th 2004 by New Directions (first published 1955) |
| Categories | : | Plays. Classics. Drama. Fiction. Theatre. Literature. American. 20th Century |
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Beautiful and strong play: The psychological defenses revealed through multiple confrontations to be witnessed by the audience without any social cover. It is my first time to read anything by Tennessee Williams. I like his style, especially the way he uses the talk or actions of minor characters and the sounds in the background in a way similar to the chorus of the Greek theater, commenting on or stressing what is going on. I liked also his lengthy stage directions, which are much more thanThe more Tennessee Williams I read, the more I want to read. I have seen Richard Brooks's film version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Paul Newman and Liz Taylor several times, but now I realize that it wasn't as good as the play. There is something about family coming together when the patriarch is about to die. Perhaps I should have said coming apart rather than coming together. The characters of Gooper, his wife and their "no-neck monster" children are savagely drawn as they attempt to cut
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat", Brick's wife.تاریخ نخستین خوانش: هفتم ماه جولای سال 2002
I had only seen the movie several times because I worship Paul Newman. Always have and always will. That said, I did not know about the homosexual undertone of the play... because the movie makers chickened out and turned the whole admiration between Brick and Skipper upside down. There is no mention of the 'old bachelors' from whom Big Daddy inherited the plantation. There is no hint at homosexuality in the play, maybe once in an ironic smile of Big Daddy. And in the film Brick actually desires
Amazing play by a talented writer.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, written by one of the greatest American playwrights, Tennessee Williams, debuted in 1955 with its portrait of rich southerner Big Daddy, Big Mama, and two brothers sort of vying for for their dying father's inheritance. Biff, a former successful football player, is now an alcoholic, and not sleeping with his lovely wife, Maggie the Cat. I saw the film version with Paul Newman and Liz Taylor many years ago and it always stayed with me. I listened to a version of this play
I'm a big fan of Tennessee Williams. While I love all of his plays, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is especially dear and meaningful to me. There were times in my life when I felt like a cat on a hot tin roof. Who hasn't? Williams was a master of characterization, especially of female characterization. He did an amazing job with bringing alive 'the cat' in the play. She as a character is one of my personal all time favourites.As I think of this play, I think of a film version as well. It is not often
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