contents of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, along with the names of the featured cats where appropriate, are: "The Naming of Cats" "The Old Gumbie Cat" (Jennyanydots)...
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Cats is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T....
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Jellicle cats (/ˈdʒiːlɪkəl/[citation needed]) are a fictional type of feline from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, a 1939 collection of light poetry...
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T. S. Eliot (category Academics of Birkbeck, University of London)
discomfited many of the more secular literati. In 1939, Eliot published a book of light verse, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. ("Old Possum" was Ezra Pound's...
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Webber, which in turn was based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot which the film is also based on/inspired by...
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The Naming of Cats is a poem in T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. It was adapted into a musical number in Andrew Lloyd...
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Rum Tum Tugger (category Characters in Cats (musical))
is one of the many feline characters in the 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, and in the 1981 musical Cats which is...
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Macavity (redirect from Macavity (cat))
Mystery Cat, also called the Hidden Paw, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats...
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Cats is a 1998 British direct-to-video musical film based on the 1981 stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, itself based on Old Possum's Book of Practical...
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Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer (category Characters in Cats (musical))
fictional characters in T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The Jellicle cat duo are mischievous petty thieves who often cause...
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"Gus: The Theatre Cat" is a poem by T. S. Eliot included in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Known as "The Theatre Cat" due to his career as an actor...
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Mr. Mistoffelees (category Characters in Cats (musical))
S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and its 1981 musical adaptation, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. Mistoffelees is a young...
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Old Deuteronomy is a character in T. S. Eliot's 1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and its 1981 musical adaptation, Cats. He is a wise and beloved...
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cat in the fictional tribe of nocturnal black and white cats described by T. S. Eliot in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, which was first published...
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Valerie Eliot (category British book editors)
her husband's work Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. This became the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. With her portion of the proceeds Valerie...
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Bombalurina (redirect from Bombalurina (cat))
Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. The musical is an adaptation of T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and the character's name...
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American psychedelic power pop band Old Deuteronomy, a character in T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Deuteronomium (disambiguation) Deuteronomistic...
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Jennyanydots (redirect from The Old Gumbie Cat)
Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. She is also a principal character in the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats, which is based...
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character in the 1981 musical Cats, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on T. S. Eliot's 1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Primarily a dance role with...
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music of the time, suggesting a completely different origin than Boléro. Cats is based on a 1939 book of poems by T. S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical...
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Growltiger's Last Stand (category Songs about cats)
Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats which is based on Eliot's book. He is described as a "bravo cat who lived...
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This list of fictional cats in literature is subsidiary to the list of fictional cats. It is restricted solely to notable feline characters from notable...
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Grizabella (category Characters in Cats (musical))
Glamour Cat is a main character in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats. Lonely and decrepit, Grizabella seeks acceptance from the other Jellicle cats but...
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Nicolas Bentley (category Alumni of the Heatherley School of Fine Art)
to illustrate T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, but he illustrated more than 70 books in the course of a long career. He customarily...
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Beau Brummell (category Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford)
24 April 2011. "Connoisseur of Time". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. In Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, London 1939; text available...
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Foie gras (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from July 2019)
poem "The Ad-Dressing of Cats", part of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and also the last song in its musical adaptation Cats, contains the line "And...
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Skimbleshanks (category Characters in Cats (musical))
Eliot's 1939 book of poetry Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical Cats, which is based on Eliot's book. The character...
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Herbert Beerbohm Tree (category English people of Lithuanian descent)
quote is originally from T.S.Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. See "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats Quotes", Goodreads.com. Retrieved 31...
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are numerous examples of novel adaptations in the field, including Cats, which was based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) by T.S. Eliot and...
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the poem "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. They performed alongside Black Sabbath, Traffic, Ginger...
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