Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Analysis

On February 8th, 2018 I had the opportunity to view Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams and director, Leah Fletcher at the Stage Center Theatre in Bryan, Texas. Before I watched the play, I had the mindset of it involving Cat Characters since the title incorporated the word Cat. However, the title goes more in depth with the play since the characters have many Cat like characteristics. Throughout the play I realized the genre fell into the southern gothic category considering they embraced many of the elements. In fact, Brick, Mae, and Gooper were the main characters that carried a portion of the genre. Brick had an abnormal and private personality that was mainly controlled by his addiction for alcohol. Meanwhile, Mae and Gooper seemed

Brick is played by Cody R. Arn and portrayed his abnormal and private personality seamlessly. Although, it was shown that Brick had a broken leg throughout the play Cody was able to pass through and transform himself into Brick's character flawlessly. During the play, Brick and Maggie had got into a heated argument and it involved Brick tumbling down and yelling. Cody however, was able to go emotionally in depth and perform natural body movements that were expected of Bricks Character. In all of the III Act's Cody showed the same annoyed and bothered facial expressions Brick's character is expected of which made it all very convincing. Another actor that portrayed their character very well in The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was Big Daddy. Big Daddy was played by Jeff Garrison-Tate. Jeff Garrison did an astounding job at representing Big Daddy since he naturally already possessed the Old Man Characteristics that are expected from him. Jeff's way of talking during the performance made his acting more realistic since Big Daddy was known to be rude and caress when he spoke. Throughout the play it was noticeable how Big Daddy and Brick were very much alike, they shared the same annoyed personality. However, Big Daddy was a loud caress talker while Brick kept all the remarks to himself and only let them slip when needed. Despite Big Daddy's name mentioned numerously throughout the play, Brick is the character that essentially made the production possible. Brick was always involved in all of the discussions, arguments, and was shown affection by the character that showed no love towards anyone, Big Daddy. Altogether, all the characters performed realistically and