num_pages: 72
description: In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, because a number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past, and desperate, clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.
language: English
title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
titlecomplete: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
characters: Mae Pollitt, Brick Pollitt, Gooper Pollitt, Big Mama Pollitt, Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt, Big Daddy Pollitt
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, American, Drama, School, Literature, Classics, 20th Century, Southern
ratings_count: 59822
places: Mississippi, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: -473356800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Drama, awardedAt: -473356800000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.