''Big Daddy'' Pollitt, the richest cotton planter in the Mississippi Delta, is about to celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday. His two sons have returned home for the occasion: Gooper, his wife and children, Brick, an ageing football hero who has turned to drink, and his feisty wife Maggie. As the hot summer evening unfolds, the veneer of happy family life and Southern gentility gradually slips away as unpleasant truths emerge and greed, lies, jealousy and suppressed sexuality threaten to reach boiling point. Made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a masterly portrayal of family tensions and individuals trapped in prisons of their own making.
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Tennesse Williams (1911-1983) es uno de los dramaturgos esenciales del siglo XX. En sus obras el foco de la atención se centra en el análisis de los sentimientos, presentados como el enigma principal al que se enfrenta el ser humano. De repente el último verano gira en torno a la muerte súbita e inesperada del joven Sebastian, protagonista ausente, que desencadena una situación dramática que Williams lleva hasta el límite. Completan el volumen siete piezas dramáticas en un acto, todas ellas espléndidas, que ofrecen un repertorio de las mejores virtudes del autor estadounidense.