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Lies, greed, and desire boil over as death looms large.

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    168 pages

  • Release Date

    19 October 2023

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Summary

‘Williams’s favourite among his plays, [Cat on a Hot Tin Roof] is perhaps his most impassioned and articulate statement on human isolation, the wrenching problems of communication between people and the ways in which death defines life.’ NEW YORK TIMES

In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a Southern family meet to celebrate ‘Big Daddy’ Pollitt’s 65th birthday. But as the party unfolds, the facade of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repre…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350237988
ISBN-10:1350237981
Author:Tennessee Williams, Benjamin Hudson
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Methuen Drama
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:168
Edition:2nd
Release Date:19 October 2023
Weight:192g
Dimensions:16mm x 187mm x 315mm
Series:Student Editions
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams - ISBN: 9781350237988
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About The Author

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams; 1911-83) was a US playwright, whose controversial plays dealt with themes of repressed sexuality and family conflict. Williams was the most popular playwright in America between 1945 and 1960, winning the Pulitzer Prize twice and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award four times.

Benjamin Hudson is Assistant Professor at Rollins College, US. His research and teaching focus on C19th British literature. His research has appeared recently in Victorian Poetry and The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation.

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