Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
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Readers appreciate the depth and complexity of characters in this play, highlighting Tennessee Williams' masterful writing. Many find the exploration of family dynamics and personal flaws to be both compelling and relatable. The play's emotional intensity resonates with audiences, making it a memorable experience for those who read it.
Synopsis
One of the hottest, sultriest plays ever written' Guardian 'Big Daddy' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday.
His two sons have returned home for the occasion: Gooper, his wife and children, Brick, an ageing football hero who has turned to drink, and his feisty wife Maggie.
As the hot summer evening unfolds, the veneer of happy family life and Southern gentility gradually slips away as unpleasant truths emerge and greed, lies, jealousy and suppressed sexuality threaten to reach boiling point.
Made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a masterly portrayal of family tensions and individuals trapped in prisons of their own making.
'Williams's most impassioned and articulate statement on human isolation' The New York Times Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof is a American play written by Tennessee Williams and published by Penguin (2009).
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Penguin · 2009 · 144 pp
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