Tennessee Williams - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: A Play in 3 Acts

Pros: interesting characters, poetic if sometimes unreal dialogue- another good play by Williams

Cons: bad treatment of Big Mama; Brick was unlikeable

The Bottom Line: Read it if you're a fan of Williams, but A Streetcar Named Desire is a better, more haunting, painful story than this.

Review: Tennessee William's 1955 play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, tells the stories of an entire family of characters, each with intersecting or conflicting desires, all resenting each other. The play takes place during one night when the family gathers to celebrate...