History Theatre / CatOnAHotTinRoof

* AdaptationalSexuality: Brick's homosexuality was all but erased in the 1958 film adaptation. As his deeply closeted sexuality was the character's entire motivation in the original script, this glossing-over was a major detriment that led to Tennessee William's disowning the production.

* TitleDrop: "What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?"

* EmpathicEnvironment: In the movie version, a storm rises and starts to rage at the point where Brick and Big Daddy start arguing, it downpours (as if Nature itself were crying) when Big Daddy learns the truth about his illness, and the storm dissipates entirely once all of the conflict of the movie has been resolved. (At one point Big Daddy even compares the storm raging outside to the one raging inside his own house.)

* TitleDrop: Maggie uses the title to describe her life.

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: By the end of the play, [[spoiler: it's implied that Brick agrees to have one with Maggie.]] This signifies a big step in repairing their [[DestructiveRomance previously toxic relationship.]]

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: [[spoiler: the play ends with Maggie removing all of the liquor, locking it away, and then telling Brick she'll only give it back to him if he has sex with her.]] A mild case, but a case nonetheless.

* SexlessMarriage: The marriage between Brick and Maggie became this. [[spoiler:This is about to change at the end.]]

A 1955 play that won TennesseeWilliams his second Pulitzer Prize, ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' has endured thanks to numerous productions ever since. One of its best known versions was a 1958 film adaptation, staring Creator/PaulNewman, Creator/ElizabethTaylor and Burl Ives.

* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Big Daddy has [[strike:cancer]] a spastic colon.

* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler: "Wouldn't it be funny, if that were true?"]] Was first used in the original version, shows up in some productions from time to time, and can mean all the difference between a happy ending and a bittersweet one.

* StockingFiller: Maggie is shown changing her stockings at the beginning of the film.

->''I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?''
-->'''Big Daddy'''

* CreatorBacklash: Tennessee Williams was very disappointed with the film because censorship removed almost all of the homosexual themes. Paul Newman, acting as Brick, also felt disappointed with the end result, despite the fact the film was received well.

* DisownedAdaptation: The 1958 film. Tennessee Williams allegedly would tell people in the queue to go home.

* SexlessMarriage: The marriage between Brick and Maggie became this.

* DownerEnding: The original ending was this. Later, Williams wrote a BittersweetEnding at the insistence of the stage director, Elia Kazan. The published version of the play contains both endings, with Williams offering the reader to choose between them.

A 1955 play that won TennesseeWilliams his second Pulitzer Prize, ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' has endured thanks to numerous productions ever since. One of its best known versions was a 1958 film adaptation, staring Creator/PaulNewman, ElizabethTaylor and Burl Ives.

A 1955 play that won Tennessee Williams his second Pulitzer Prize, ''CatOnAHotTinRoof'' has endured thanks to numerous productions ever since. One of its best known versions was a 1958 film adaptation, staring PaulNewman, ElizabethTaylor and BurlIves.

The story concerns the Pollitt family, and all the ugly family issues that rear its ugly head as they reunite for its patriarch, Big Daddy's birthday. Big Daddy, unaware that he's dying, tries desperately to connect to his angry, alcoholic favored son, Brick, who is married to Maggie. Meanwhile, the other family members try desperately to suck up to Big Daddy to get some of his fortune. Of course, tensions between father and son have to be resolved some time...

* DownerEnding: The original ending was this. Later, Williams wrote a BittersweetEnding at the insistance of the stage director, Elia Kazan. The published version of the play contains both endings, with Williams offering the reader to choose between them.

* TheMasochismTango: Brick appearently hates Maggie, and he can't even bear to touch her - but he says that he won't divorce her.

* {{Streetwalker}}: When Big Daddy talks about his travels to other countries to Brick, he mentions that once in Morocco, a child prostitute so young she could barely ''walk'' tried to open his fly. He was so grossed out that he left the country instanty.

* Creator Backlash: Tennessee Williams was very disappointed with the film because censorship removed almost all of the homosexual themes. Paul Newman, acting as Brick, also felt disappointed with the end result, despite the fact the film was received well.