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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Tennessee Williams's southern discomfort by Michael Billington

The American playwright's masterpiece, an explosive story of sexual repression, has suffered at the hands of directors and censorsGiven that it is Tennessee Williams's best play, it is surprising how rarely we see Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Since its British premiere in 1958, it has had only three major London revivals. Although many people know it through the disastrously diluted Elizabeth Taylor-Paul Newman movie, it i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55PM on June 6, 2016

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