Description
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying fathers 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 yearsthe 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 2003-04 season. This definitive edition also includes Williams essay Person-to-Person, Williams notes on the various endings, and a short chronology of the authors life. One of Americas greatest living playwrights, as well as a friend and colleague of Williams, Edward Albee has written a concise introduction to the play from a playwrights perspective, examining the candor, sensuality, power, and impact of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof then and now.
Author: Tennessee Williams
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 09/17/2004
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780811216012
Language: English
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