Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Summary
- 1976 Granada Television production for ITV of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams.
- Theatre play
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Sunday 12 December 1976
- Time
- 9.05-11.00pm
- Series
- Laurence Olivier Presents
- Channel
- ITV
- Production company
- Granada Television (1956-)
Credits
- Director
- Robert Moore
- Producers
- Derek Granger, Laurence Olivier
- Playwright
- Tennessee Williams
- Composer
- Derek Hilton (incidental music)
- Composer
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695) (Purcell’s music arranged by Michael Lancaster)
- Musical Arrangements by
- Michael Lancaster (arranged the ‘Theme Music by Purcell’)
- Designer
- Peter Phillips
- Costumes
- Jane Robinson
- Cast
Elizabeth Capparos Trixie Nadia Catouse Brightie George Harris Sookey David Healy Doc Baugh Jack Hedley Gooper Jennifer Hughes Polly Sam Manseray Lacey Laurence Olivier Big Daddy; Big Daddy Mary Peach Mae Heidi Rundt Dixie Sean Saxon Sonny Maureen Stapleton Big Mamma Gladys Taylor Daisy Mark Taylor Buster Mel Taylor Small Robert Wagner Brick; Brick Natalie Wood Margaret; Margaret
Additional details
- Play tags
- alcoholism; America, as theme or setting; American drama; sexuality (and morality, politics etc)
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (ITV, 1976)
- Archive
- BFI Research Viewing Service [more information]
Address
21 Stephen Street
Telephone
London
W1T 1LN
UK+44 (0)20 7957 4726
EmailUse the contact form at http://www.bfi.org.uk/form/contact-research-viewing-services
Websitehttp://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services
AccessThe Research Viewing Service is available to non-commercial researchers and to students wishing to view research related material. It allows access to all films and videos designated as ‘viewing copies’ in the BFI National Archive. Viewings take place by appointment, between 10.30am and 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Charges apply: please see the website for further details.
- Title
- Laurence Olivier Presents. The Collection. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Hindke Wakes. Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Come Back Little Sheba. Daphne Laureola
- Notes
- Published by Network in 2007
Print sources
- Title
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- B. A. Young (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Financial Times, 14 December 1976, p. 3
- Title
- From Edward Albee to Tennessee Williams: American Drama on the British Small Screen (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- Amanda Wrigley (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/american-drama, published 20 June 2014
- Title
- Pick of the Day: Down South with Big Larry (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Elkan Allan (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Sunday Times, 12 December 1976, p. 52
- Title
- Television’s Own Olivier Theatre (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Michael Ratcliffe (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Times, 6 December 1976, p. 12
- Title
- Tennessee Williams: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Book)
- Author/creator
- Philip C. Kolin (Editor)
- Reference
- London: Methuen Drama, 2010
- Linking notes
- pp. lxii-lxiii
- Title
- TV Times, 9 December 1976 (Magazine)
- Linking notes
- cover image; brief mention, p. 2; illustrated listing, p. 45
Record Stats
This record has been viewed 385 times.