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Staging of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Review of the American Shakespeare Theater Production (1974)
[The American dramatist Tennessee Williams (1911–83), set his dramatic and often painful family dramas in the South, winning wide acclaim. The Revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by the American Shakespeare Theater was noted for its revision of the final act, its imaginative setting and the complex performances of the actors. ... William’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ is now 20 years old, and in its first day it was regarded as something of a shocker. ...
The Cat is Maggie—a Southern beauty of indefinite lineage. ...
Michael Kahn’s new staging, which opened at the ANTA Theater last night for a limited run, really is new. ... Kahn, whose direction seems directly aimed at lowering the play’s hot-house temperature, and at making a domestic drama rather than an eternal triangle between a woman, a reluctant man and a bed.
Approximate Word count = 838
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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