#6 in Drama & theatre
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- 158
- Pages
- about 3 h
- Reading time
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Our view
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” is a compact, deeply moving family drama in three acts. Tennessee Williams gathers a wealthy cotton magnate’s relatives at his Mississippi Delta plantation and looks hardest at his son Brick and Brick’s wife, Maggie “the Cat”. Some readers who loved the film long ago find the play far less gripping when they finally read it. It suits anyone who reads plays for the friction inside a family.
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About the book
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American three-act play by Tennessee Williams. The play, an adaptation of his 1952 short story "Three Players of a Summer Game", was written between 1953 and 1955. One of Williams's more famous works and his personal favorite, it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955. Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie "the Cat", Brick's wife.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 87 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 37% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Drama & theatre average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out. A further +0.10 comes from the small bonus for major awards.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 6 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 81 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?
It has 158 pages — longer than 58% of the ranked books in Drama & theatre.
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