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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American three-act play written by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955.
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Oct 18, 2021 · Learn about the plot, themes, and historical context of Williams's 1955 play, widely regarded as his greatest work. The play explores family drama, masculinity, sexuality, and the decline of the American South.
Jul 19, 2024 · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, play by Tennessee Williams, published and produced in 1955. It won a Pulitzer Prize. The play exposes the emotional lies governing relationships in the family of a wealthy Southern planter of humble origins. The patriarch, Big Daddy, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday.
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Oct 13, 2020 · One of Williams’s more famous works and his personal favorite, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. This three-act play is set in the Pollitts’ stately home, a Southern plantation in the fertile Mississippi Valley.
Learn about the playwright, the historical and literary context, the plot summary and analysis, the themes, the quotes, the characters, and the symbols of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Find out how to teach and study this classic family drama with LitCharts's study guide.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a play by American playwright Tennessee Williams, was first performed in 1955 and won that year’s Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Full Title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Author Tennessee Williams. Type of Work Drama. Genre Tragedy. Language English. Time and place written Written in New York, 1939. Date of First Publication 1940; first production in New York, 1955 under the direction of Elia Kazan. Publisher New Directions.
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