Tennessee Williams CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Signet 1964 8th Printing PB Paul Newman

Description: Tennessee Williams CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Pulitzer Prize WinnerMGM motion picture starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman with eight pages of black&white stills from the movie. Signet 1964 8th Printing Vintage Paperback PB Very good unread copy with light wear on the edges. Please see photos Any questions or concerns please ask before bidding. We want you to be happy with your purchase. The photos in the listing are of the item you will actually receive, not a stock photo or someone else'sI pack really wellLet me know if you need more info or additional photosI can combine shipping on multiple items (and provide additional discount)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. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in crisis, especially the husband and wife Brick and Maggie, and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening gathering at the family estate in Mississippi. The party is to celebrate the birthday of patriarch Big Daddy Pollitt, "the Delta's biggest cotton-planter", and his return from the Ochsner Clinic with what he has been told is a clean bill of health. All family members (except Big Daddy and his wife, Big Mama) are aware he is dying of cancer. His family has lied to Big Daddy and Big Mama to spare the aging couple from pain on the patriarch's birthday but, throughout the course of the play, it becomes clear that the Pollitt family has long constructed a web of deceit for itself. Maggie, determined and beautiful, has escaped a childhood of poverty to marry into the wealthy Pollitts, but finds herself unfulfilled. The family is aware that Brick has not slept with Maggie for a long time, which has strained their marriage. Brick, an aging football hero, infuriates her by ignoring his brother Gooper's attempts to gain control of the family fortune. Brick's indifference and his drinking escalates with the recent suicide of his friend Skipper. Maggie fears that Brick's malaise will ensure that Gooper and his wife Mae end up with Big Daddy's estate. Through the evening, Brick, Big Daddy and Maggie—and the entire family—separately must face down the issues which they have bottled up inside.

Price: 19.95 USD

Location: Watervliet, New York

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