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\\\'BigDaddy\\\'Pollitt,therichestcottonplanterintheMississippiDelta,isabouttocelebratehissixty-fifthbirthday.Histwosonshavereturnedhomefortheoccasion:Gooper,hiswifeandchildren,Brick,anageingfootballherowhohasturnedtodrink,andhisfeistywifeMaggie.Asthehotsummereveningunfolds,theveneerofhappyfamilylifeandSoutherngentilitygraduallyslipsawayasunpleasanttruthsemergeandgreed,lies,jealousyandsuppressedsexualitythreatentoreachboilingpoint.MadeintoafilmstarringElizabethTaylorandPaulNewman,\\\"CatonaHotTinRoof\\\"isamasterlyportrayaloffamilytensionsandindividualstrappedinprisonsoftheirownmaking.
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TennesseeWilliamswasbornin1911inColumbus,Mississippi,wherehisgrandfatherwastheepiscopalclergyman.Whenhisfather,atravellingsalesman,movedwithhisfamilytoStLouissomeyearslater,bothheandhissisterfounditimpossibletosettledowntocitylife.HeenteredcollegeduringtheDepressionandleftafteracoupleofyearstotakeaclericaljobinashoecompany.Hestayedtherefortwoyears,spendingtheeveningwriting.HeenteredtheUniversityofIowain1938andcompletedhiscourse,atthesametimeholdingalargenumberofpart-timejobsofgreatdiversity.HereceivedaRockefellerFellowshipin1940forhisplayBattleofAngels,andhewonthePulitzerPrizein1948and1955.AmonghismanyotherplaysPenguinhavepublishedSummerandSmoke(1948),TheRoseTattoo(1951),CaminoReal(1953),BabyDoll(1957),OrpheusDescending(1957),SomethingUnspoken(1958),SuddenlyLastSummer(1958),PeriodofAdjustment(1960),TheNightoftheIguana(1961),TheMilkTrainDoesn\\\'tStopHereAnymore(1963),andSmallCraftWarnings(1972).TennesseeWilliamsdiedin1983.