Quotes:
“compact little shrine to virtually all the comforts and illusions behind which we hide from
such things as the characters in the play are faced with…” (Director’s Notes)
ACT 1
"a tone of politely feigned interest, masking indifference, or worse, is characteristic of his
speech with Margaret." (Stage Directions) - ACT 1
“It goes on all the time (...) the fact that you and I have not produced any children, are totally
childless and therefore totally useless!” - (Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“It takes money to take care of a drinker and that’s the office that I’ve been elected to lately”
(Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“Silence about a thing just magnifies it. It grows and festers in silence, becomes malignant”
(Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“We mustn’t scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears...”- (Maggie to Brick) -
ACT 1
“You keep forgetting the conditions on which I agreed to stay on living with you” (Brick to
Maggie) - “I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage”. (Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof!” (Maggie) - ACT 1
“You’re childless and my son drinks!” (Big Mama to Maggie) - ACT 1
“Her voice is soft and trembling: a pleading child’s(...) a look which is like passing a ball to
another player”. (Stage Direction) - ACT 1
“I’d be relieved to know that you’d find yourself a lover” (Brick to Maggie) - “No, I’d rather
stay on this hot tin roof”. (Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“And so we made love to each other to dream it was you, both of us!” (Maggie to Brick) -
ACT 1
“I had a friendship with Skipper. - you are naming it dirty” (Brick to Maggie) - ACT 1
ACT 2
“Hey, Preach! What’s all this talk about memorials, Preach? Y’think somebody’s about t’
kick off around here?” (Big Daddy to Reverend Tooker) - ACT 2
“compact little shrine to virtually all the comforts and illusions behind which we hide from
such things as the characters in the play are faced with…” (Director’s Notes)
ACT 1
"a tone of politely feigned interest, masking indifference, or worse, is characteristic of his
speech with Margaret." (Stage Directions) - ACT 1
“It goes on all the time (...) the fact that you and I have not produced any children, are totally
childless and therefore totally useless!” - (Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“It takes money to take care of a drinker and that’s the office that I’ve been elected to lately”
(Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“Silence about a thing just magnifies it. It grows and festers in silence, becomes malignant”
(Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“We mustn’t scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears...”- (Maggie to Brick) -
ACT 1
“You keep forgetting the conditions on which I agreed to stay on living with you” (Brick to
Maggie) - “I’m not living with you. We occupy the same cage”. (Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“I feel all the time like a cat on a hot tin roof!” (Maggie) - ACT 1
“You’re childless and my son drinks!” (Big Mama to Maggie) - ACT 1
“Her voice is soft and trembling: a pleading child’s(...) a look which is like passing a ball to
another player”. (Stage Direction) - ACT 1
“I’d be relieved to know that you’d find yourself a lover” (Brick to Maggie) - “No, I’d rather
stay on this hot tin roof”. (Maggie to Brick) - ACT 1
“And so we made love to each other to dream it was you, both of us!” (Maggie to Brick) -
ACT 1
“I had a friendship with Skipper. - you are naming it dirty” (Brick to Maggie) - ACT 1
ACT 2
“Hey, Preach! What’s all this talk about memorials, Preach? Y’think somebody’s about t’
kick off around here?” (Big Daddy to Reverend Tooker) - ACT 2
