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Tennessee Williams’s greatness shines through
Paul Foley reviews Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
4/5
Watching this excellent production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof reminds you of what a great playwright Tennessee Williams was. Although his life ended in relative obscurity from a drug overdose, he had revolutionised American theatre in the 1940s and ’50s.
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