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  1. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American three-act play by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. [1] One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, [2] it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955.

  2. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson. Brick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife.

  3. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Jack Carson and Judith Anderson. Well-received by both critics and audiences, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was MGM's most successful release of 1958, and became the third highest-grossing film of that year.

  4. Oct 18, 2021 · The 1955 play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is widely regarded as Tennessee Williamss greatest play, and in it we find an echo of many of America’s main social and political preoccupations and struggles of the 1950s.

  5. The best study guide to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the planet, from the creators of SparkNotes. Get the summaries, analysis, and quotes you need.

  6. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. NEW. After Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) injures himself while drunkenly revisiting his high school sports-star days, he and his tempestuous wife, Maggie (Elizabeth...

  7. Action & adventure • 1986. Academy Award winners Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman star in theclassic screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winningplay Cat on a Hot Ti...

  8. Sep 21, 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.

  9. He falls and breaks his right ankle. Some days later, Brick and his older brother, Gooper (Jack Carson), visit the family cotton plantation in eastern Mississippi to celebrate their father's 65th birthday on a hot and humid August day.

  10. A short summary of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.