Description
In this searing American drama, a family gathers on a Mississippi plantation as the patriarch faces his mortality, forcing long-buried secrets and resentments to the surface. Brick, a former football star turned bitter alcoholic, finds himself caught between his desperate wife Maggie's attempts at intimacy and his complicated relationship with his dying father, Big Daddy. As the evening unfolds, the family's carefully constructed facades crumble, revealing the pain, desire, and dysfunction that have festered beneath the surface for years. Tennessee Williams masterfully explores themes of masculinity, desire, mortality, and the corrosive effects of denial and dishonesty within families. This powerful play remains a cornerstone of American theater, celebrated for its raw emotional intensity and unflinching examination of human vulnerability.
Available Editions
paperback
New Directions Publishing
Published Jan 1, 2004
212 pages
ISBN: 9780811216012
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Details
First Published
1955
Language
en
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams.