Reviews for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The average rating for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-07-07 00:00:00 Vivian Izer Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in crisis, especially the husband Brick and wife Margaret (usually called Maggie or "Maggie the Cat"), and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of one evening's gathering at the family estate in Mississippi. The party celebrates the birthday of patriarch Big Daddy Pollitt, "the Delta's biggest cotton-planter", and his return from the Ochsner Clinic with what he has been told is a clean bill of health. All family members (except Big Daddy and his wife Big Mama) are aware of Big Daddy's true diagnosis: He is dying of cancer. His family has lied to Big Daddy and Big Mama to spare the aging couple from pain on the patriarch's birthday, but throughout the course of the play, it becomes clear that the Pollitt family has long constructed a web of deceit for itself. تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز هفتم ماه جولای سال 2002میلادی عنوان: گربه روی شیروانی داغ - متن کامل نمایشنامه در سه پرده؛ نویسنده: تنسی ویلیامز؛ مترجم: مرجان بخت مینو؛ کرج، مینو، 1380، در 160ص، شابک 9647487002؛ چاپ دوم 1382؛ چاپ سوم 1383؛ چاپ چهارم 1385؛ چاپ پنجم 1392؛ شابک 9789647487009؛ موضوع نمایشنامه های نویسندگان امریکایی سده 20م گربه روی شیروانی داغ؛ اثر «تنسی ویلیامز»، نویسنده آمریکایی (سال 1914میلادی تا سال 1983میلادی) نمایش‌نامه‌ ای، درباره جوش و خروش حاکم بر خانواده ای ثروتمند جنوبی است، که با دورویی و ریا، در کنار هم گرد آمده ‌اند، تا در یک لحظه، همه چیز را فاش نمایند؛ «بریک»جوانی الکلی است، که برای درگذشت بهترین دوستش، و کوتاهیش در دوستی با او، عذاب می‌کشد؛ همچنین «مگی»، همسرش، برای دور کردن شوهرش، از او در رنج است؛ از سوی دیگر «پدربزرگ»، پدر «بریک»، از داشتن بیماری سرطان خویش بیخبر است و برای زندگی شدیدی دارد؛ گرد آمدن آنها برای شصت و پنجمین سالگرد جشن تولد «پدربزرگ»، ناگهان به کشمکش خانوادگی بدل می‌شود؛ مگی می‌گوید: «می‌دانی من چه احساسی دارم؟ همیشه حس می‌کنم مثل یک گربه روی یک شیروانی داغ هستم.» «بریک» در پاسخ می‌گوید: «پس، از روی شیروانی بپر پایین «مگی»! گربه‌ ها از روی شیروانی می‌پرند پایین، و هیچ صدمه‌ ای نمی‌بینند.؛ این کار را بکن. بپر!»؛ مگی می‌گوید: «بپرم کجا؟ به چه امیدی؟» «بریک» پاسخ می‌دهد: «یک عاشق گیر بیار.»؛ «مگی»: «مستحق این کار نیستم.؛ جز تو هیچ مردی را نمی‌بینم، حتی با چشم‌های بسته فقط تو را می‌بینم.»؛ تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 09/09/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Review # 2 was written on 2016-11-12 00:00:00 Deborah Capanna This year I embarked to read more plays written by the giants of American playwrights and I currently find myself reading through Tennessee Williams' trilogy of classic plays. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was first written in 1955 and revised many times both for the stage and film. Featuring well known characters, the play is known for its character studies and should be viewed live rather than read. It is in this light that I read the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and enjoyed its characters, for which I rate four bright stars. Tennessee Williams takes us to a plantation in the south where two brothers, Gooper and Brick, are jockeying for position to get the upper hand in their father Big Daddy's will. Brick is a former football star who has become an alcoholic because he can face that he is no longer able to star on the football field. He is married to Maggie and as alcohol has pervaded their marriage the couple remains childless. Gooper is married to Mae and the couple has five children and expecting a sixth. Although eight years Brick's senior and a successful attorney, Gooper is not the light of Big Daddy's eyes. Big Daddy would like nothing more than to leave his land to Brick, if only the latter would right himself and turn his life around. Meanwhile the wives Maggie and Mae can not stand each other and offer malicious lines to each other. Maggie's arias are memorable, as I always enjoy a strong female lead. Both women are as the title notes likes cats on a hot tin roof, dancing around each other on edge because neither will be satisfied until they have successfully one-upped the other. From my perspective, Maggie is the more likeable of the two, even though it is Mae who has given Big Daddy the grandchildren he desires. The climax of the play is the exchange between Big Daddy and Brick in which Big Daddy urges his son to become a better person. This occurs in the second act, making the third act almost anti-climatic. Perhaps if I had viewed this play live I might have thought differently, but I enjoyed the second act more than the third, primarily for the exchange between Big Daddy and Brick. Tennessee Williams is a master playwright of the 20th century. He touches on social issues as homosexual relationships and a woman's place in a marriage before it was socially acceptable to do so. Being ahead of his time, Williams brings these issues into light in the forms of deep characters. I enjoyed the personas of Brick, Maggie, and Big Daddy, and sneered at Mae who embodies the old south. A solid four stars in print form, I look forward to viewing Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on film.