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false <![CDATA[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170800384m/72159.jpg 72159 32 The definitive text of this American classicreissued with an introduction by Edward Albee (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Delicate Balance) and Williams' essay "Person-to-Person." 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 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 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. 69862 book 1955 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof total:3016|5:1011|4:1174|3:680|2:135|1:16| 3016 12077 3777 108 3 1 false false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 01:00:11 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 01:05:37 -0700 2008
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I sat down to read some this morning and have been hooked all day, just finishing the second act, having made more not...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 15:59:14 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 12:23:01 -0700 2008 uses the character of Brick, the alcoholic and "emotionally tormented"
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Having finished it now, I thought it was awesome. Tennessee Williams knows and writes real people so well. The only...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 08 07:41:41 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 08:19:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 05:01:51 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 05:03:22 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 13:13:35 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 07:02:54 -0700 2009
I definitely need to read more Tennessee Williams.]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 12 05:57:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 05:57:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 22:59:43 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 23:02:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Mar 27 14:19:47 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 14:30:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=72159