Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (tennessee Williams)
by H
About This Novel
One of the three greatest American dramatists of the 20th century, a genius playwright; a classic in film history by Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor, and one of Williams' three masterpieces; a friendship that must never be acknowledged, and a family storm that is more violent than the storm outside the house. This play, along with "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire", are known as Tennessee Williams' three masterpieces. The script tells the story of an extraordinary day in a large southern American family that relies entirely on lies to maintain their family ties: when the property, 28,000 acres of fertile land, is lent to the manor owner "Big Daddy" who is seriously ill and has recently passed away for his birthday, two sons with very different personalities and a pair of covetous sisters-in-law stage a family storm. The work focuses on the portrayal of Maggie, the young daughter-in-law who was born in poverty, who is as anxious and unremitting as a cat on a hot tin house because of her unsatisfied desires for love and money; and the heart-to-heart game between father and son, the eldest father and his younger son Brick, around "life is a deception", also shows the darkness and tearing of human nature. The play also won the author the Pulitzer Prize for the second time. It is one of the most famous repertoires in the American theater world; the film version starring Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor is also a classic in film history.
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