Summary
By the time Big Daddy Pollitt lumbers onstage to attend his own birthday party in Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," he's been holding his tongue for months.
The barrel-chested plantation owner, dressed impeccably in a tan suit and tie, had been suffering under the notion that he was afflicted with terminal cancer. But his children, wanting to celebrate one final birthday with the old man before they unceremoniously divide up his estate, have concocted a scheme to convince Big Daddy and his wife that he is cancer-free.See the full content of this document
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So it is understandable that when the news of his children's deception reaches Big Daddy's ears, after a virtuosic spell of spouting off his mouth and ego, he clenches ...
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