Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Original Production

Cat on a hot tin roof.

Cat on a hot tin roof original production.

Kim stanley and paul massay as maggie and brick in the first british production of cat on a hot tin roof in 1958. Cat on a hot tin roof production information other productions of cat on a hot tin roof. Cat on a hot tin roof original play drama broadway opened in new york city mar 24 1955 and played through nov 17 1956. Athlete turned film star floyd simmons also tested for the role.

One of williams s more famous works and his personal favorite the play won the pulitzer prize for drama in 1955. Brick pollitt paul newman an alcoholic ex football player drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife maggie dame elizabeth taylor. Cat on a hot tin roof 1958 cat on a hot tin roof. Cat on a hot tin roof broadway cat on a hot tin roof original cast list original cast current cast.

Almost 30 years later stanley received an emmy for playing big mama in a tv. Cat on a hot tin roof is a three act play written by tennessee williams. Ben gazzara played brick in the stage production and rejected the film role. Tennessee williams s southern discomfort the american playwright s masterpiece an explosive story of sexual repression has suffered at the hands of directors and censors.

The september 1998 production of williams s cat on a hot tin roof performed at washington d c s arena stage a theatre in the round is an interesting rendition of the play. He wrote the play between 1953 and 1955. Broadway shutdown extends through may 2021. The original stage production of cat on a hot tin roof opened on broadway march 24 1955 with ives and sherwood in the roles they subsequently played in the movie.

The production staged by elia kazan played 694 performances before. Original broadway production broadway. An adaptation of his 1952 short story three players of a summer game. Set in the plantation home in the mississippi delta of big daddy pollitt a wealthy cotton tycoon the play examines the relationships among members of big daddy s family primarily between his son br.