Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Producer Mestno gledališče ljubljansko
Opening 30. 11. 2010 Veliki oder, Mestno gledališče ljubljansko
Running time 2 hours 20 minutes. One interval.

Original title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Translator Tina Mahkota
Director Ivica Buljan
Dramaturge Petra Pogorevc
Set designer Tobias Putrih
Costume designer Ana Savić Gecan
Composer Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar
Language consultant Maja Cerar
Lighting designer Branko Šulc
Assistants to director Robert Waltl, Zala Sajko
Assistant to dramaturge Nika Leskovšek
Assistant to set designer Strid

Cast
Margaret Jana Zupančič
Brick Jure Henigman
Big Mama Jožica Avbelj
Big Daddy Gašper Tič
Mae Karin Komljanec
Gooper Jaka Lah
Doctor Baugh Boris Kerč
Reverend Tooker Domen Valič
Lacey/Sookey Janez Starina
Skipper Matej Puc

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is not just a story about a dysfunctional southern family, but also a complex study of loneliness, social strata and gender in the repressive patriarchal environment of the 1950s. It was a period that glorified "good old” family values but was also characterized by changes in male-female relationships. It is considered the period of pre-feminist/pre-gay rights and the time when ideas about alternative lifestyles began to emerge. Williams looks into the disintegrating American south, the dark history of slavery in America and the horrors of violence, injustice and racism, which during the 1950s still plagued the country. This masterfully written play about human greed, desperation, loneliness and unrealized passion is still seen as one of the best dramatic texts in America as well as worldwide.