num_pages: 192
description: The tragic lives of a guilt-ridden alcoholic, his sexually frustrated wife, and a tyrannical patriarch are violently exposed in Williams's renowned play about a wealthy Southern family plagued by conflict. Reissue.
language: English
title: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
titlecomplete: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
characters: Big Mama Pollitt, Big Daddy Pollitt, Mae Pollitt, Brick Pollitt, Margaret "Maggie" Pollitt, Gooper Pollitt
genres: 20th Century, Literature, American, Classics, School, Drama, Plays, Southern, Fiction, Theatre
ratings_count: 59820
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