Cat on the Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 using its gothic American story of brothers vying for their dying father’s inheritance amid a whirlwind of sxuality, untethered in the individual of Maggie the Kitty. The play also daringly showcased the burden of sxuality repressed in the agony of her hubby, Brick Pollitt. In spite of the general public controversy Cat stirred up, it was granted the Pulitzer Reward and the Episode Critics Group Award for this season. Williams, as he frequently did along with his about Kitty on a Scorching Tin Roof has, rewrote Cat on a Sizzling hot Tin Roof for many years?today’s version was originally produced in the American Shakespeare Festival in 1974 with all the current changes that produced Williams finally declare the written text to be definitive, and was most recently produced on Broadway in the 2003-04 season. This definitive edition also contains Williams’ article ‘Person-to-Person,’ Williams’ records on the many endings, and a brief chronology from the author’s life. One of America’s best living playwrights, and a friend and colleague of Williams, Edward Albee provides created a concise intro to the play from a playwright’s perspective, examining the candor, sensuality, power, and impact of Kitty on a Warm Tin Roof then and now.