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Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams:
March 26, 1911-Feb. 25, 1983 |
On this day in 1955,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiered on Broadway, starring Barbara Bel Geddes and Ben Gazarra as Maggie and Brick. The play went on to win the Pulitzer. In the film adaptation three years later, the play's homosexual elements, already muted through stage director Elia Kazan's influence, were almost completely deleted, with the heterosexual quotient pushed through that tin roof with the casting of Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. (Burl Ives and Madeleine Sherwood reprised their roles and Big Daddy and Big Momma.) Tomorrow marks the 101st birthday of playwright Tennessee Williams, and yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of Elizabeth Taylor's death. Let's all have a big bourbon today in their honor.
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