Mendacity is a system that we live in. Liquor is one way out and death's the other.

Tennessee Williams

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Topic

Alcohol as balm Death as a blessing The human condition

Speaker

Brick

Author

Tennessee Williams

Source

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play) Drama Southern Gothic

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Directed by Elia Kazan. Performed by Barbara Bel Geddes and Burl Ives and Ben Gazzara. 24 Mar. 1955, Morosco Theatre, New York City, New York, USA, act 2.

Current Citation

Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New Directions, 2004, act 2.

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