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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Karina Lickorish Quinn
Performances: Tuesday 21st to Saturday 25th September 2010, Prompt Corner
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof follows a Mississippi family at crisis point on the evening when years’ worth of resentment, deception and worries are finally laid bare. The family are gathered to celebrate the 65th birthday of its patriarch, Big Daddy. Brick, Daddy’s youngest son, an ex-football star, has been sinking into alcoholism since his best friend Skipper died. Maggie (‘the Cat’) is desperately trying to save their dying marriage. Brick’s older brother, Gooper, has come with a plan to take over the family estate. Gooper’s ex-beauty queen wife, Mae, flaunts their five bratty children as the future heirs to the family fortune. Big Mama flounders to keep the family peace and to win Daddy’s attention.
Big Daddy has been ill for several years. Big Mama has been told Daddy is merely suffering from a ‘spastic colon’. Tonight the truth will be told and the family will have answers to the hardest of questions. What is wrong with Big Daddy? Why does Brick drink? What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof.
Cast
Maggie ‘the Cat’ – Elizabeth Murphy
Brick – Baron Anyangwe
Big Daddy – Michael Wilson
Big Mama – Estelle Buckridge
Mae – Katie Elston
Gooper – Tim Witcomb
Doc Baugh – Justin Young
Reverend Tooker – Malcolm Woodman
Housekeeper – Nikki Mylonas
Nanny – Induja Bandara
For more details, please contact Karina Lickorish Quinn, Director
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