Kitty on a Hot Tin Roofing first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American tale of brothers vying because of their dying father’s inheritance amid a whirlwind of sxuality, untethered in the person of Maggie the Cat. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sxuality repressed in the agony of her hubby, Brick Pollitt. Regardless of the public controversy Kitty stirred up, it was granted the Pulitzer Award and the Dilemma Critics Circle Award for this 12 months. Williams, as he frequently did with his about Cat on a Scorching Tin Roof plays, rewrote Cat on a Sizzling Tin Roof for many years?the present version was originally produced in the American Shakespeare Festival in 1974 with all the changes that produced Williams finally declare the text to be definitive, and was most recently produced on Broadway in the 2003-04 season. This definitive release also contains Williams’ essay ‘Person-to-Person,’ Williams’ notes on the various endings, and a brief chronology of the author’s lifestyle. Among America’s biggest living playwrights, as well as a friend and colleague of Williams, Edward Albee offers written a concise introduction to the play from a playwright’s perspective, evaluating the candor, sensuality, power, and impact of Cat on a Popular Tin Roof then and now.