Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and again in the 1974 version. The ways in which humans deal with death are also at the focus of this play, as are the futility and nihilism some encounter when confronted with imminent mortality. Similar ideas are found in Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", which Williams excerpted and added as an epigraph to his 1974 version. These lines are appropriate, as Thomas wrote the poem to his own dying father. Additionally, in one of his many drafts, in a footnote on Big Daddy's action in the third act, Williams deems "Cat on a Hot
That Good Night (film) That Good Night (film) That Good Night is a 2017 British drama film directed by Eric Styles and starring John Hurt. It is based on N. J. Crisp's 1996 play of the same name. It is also notable for being Hurt's final film, although "Damascus Cover" (filmed earlier) was released later. Ralph (John Hurt) is the main character of the film, which is based on a stage play written by NJ Crisp. Having been a famous screenwriter, Ralph is now in his seventies, terminally ill and struggling to restore the balance in his family, come to the terms with his