Sienna Miller Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was not broadcast live like a lot of the other NT Live showings, so the live feed was not captured like some of the other live broadcasts have been which is how they have subsequently leaked on to the internet.

Having said that, this title did still manage to make its way into some circles, but it was not a perfect copy. It was missing a portion of the show if I remember correctly.

George in DC said: "If you look around, you should find it and it is perfect."

It's missing about 10 or 13 minutes.

I saw it in London- what a strange production- Sienna and the male star Jack O' Connell- were nude almost continually - and although- thank you for showing me Jack's body from every possible vantage point- and I had a very close seat- and he is a very hot guy- and Sienna- who also was nude probably a quarter of the show- I really thought that the nudity was extraneous and rather than add to the drama- was just there for shock value and nothing more. Which brings me to The Inheritance- with its extended sex scene that -rather than show men having sex- had them act it out fully clothed- and it was the best and most erotic sex scene I have seen on the stage. I liked Cat in London- but the nudity added nothing but shock value to a play that is dramatic enough not to need any additional bells and whistles to attract people.

It's an ugly, overly-austere production that wants too much to seem edgy and contemporary.  And yet in spite of this, the great performances by O'Connell, Miller and Meany made it, for me, a must see.  It's far preferable to the same director's A Streetcar Named Desire.  Miller had always seemed to be one of those people who has the press, the connections and the build-up it takes to be a star without ever actually being particularly good in anything, but she shattered that impression with her work as Maggie.  (I found her to be a washout in Cabaret, but to be entirely fair I saw a convincing interview with her in which she described a frenzied rehearsal and opening period during which she had a draining cold.  She admitted that by the time she found her footing the run was ending.)  O'Connell was arguably even better in the extremely challenging role of Brick.  Yes, they are hotter than hot and their chemistry is steamy, but they are so painfully in touch with their character's drives and insecurities that the ghosts of Williams and Kazan just might have possessed them.  

I hope you get to see it.

Updated On: 1/2/20 at 06:01 AM