description: Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play has captured both stage and film audiences since its debut in 1954. One of his best-loved and most famous plays, it exposes the lies plaguing the family of a wealthy Southern planter of humble origins.
language: English
title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
titlecomplete: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
characters: Mae Pollitt, Big Mama Pollitt, Gooper Pollitt, Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt, Brick Pollitt, Big Daddy Pollitt
genres: 20th Century, American, Theatre, Southern, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 59816
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: Signet