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  2. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - Wikipedia

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    Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical light poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It serves as the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1981 musical Cats. Eliot wrote the poems in the 1930s and included them, under his assumed name "Old Possum", in letters to his ...

  3. The Naming of Cats - Wikipedia

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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 Webber's 1981 musical Cats, and has also been quoted in other films, notably Logan's Run (1976). The poem describes to humans how cats get their names.

  4. List of fictional cats in literature - Wikipedia

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    The novel was a 1961 Newbery Honor Book. Jellylorum: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot: Jennie [20] Jennie: Paul Gallico: A young boy named Peter is transformed into a cat after an accident, and is taken in by Jennie and taught the ways of cats. Jennyanydots: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: T. S. Eliot

  5. T. S. Eliot - Wikipedia

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    Exceptions are Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939), a collection of light verse; Poems Written in Early Youth, posthumously published in 1967 and consisting mainly of poems published between 1907 and 1910 in The Harvard Advocate, and Inventions of the March Hare: Poems 1909–1917, material Eliot never intended to have published, which ...

  6. Rum Tum Tugger - Wikipedia

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    Rum Tum Tugger 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 based on Eliot's book. Rum Tum Tugger is a rebellious Jellicle cat who loves to be the center of attention.

  7. Macavity - Wikipedia

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    Macavity the 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. He also appears in the Andrew Lloyd Webber 1981 musical Cats, which is based on Eliot's book. Macavity is a cunning criminal and con artist; he possesses mystical powers ...

  8. Old Deuteronomy - Wikipedia

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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 elderly cat, further serving as the Jellicle patriarch in the musical. [1] The role of Old Deuteronomy was originated by Brian Blessed in the West End in 1981, and by Ken Page on Broadway in 1982.

  9. Jellicle cats - Wikipedia

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    Jellicle cats (/ ˈ dʒ iː l ɪ k əl / [citation needed]) are a fictional [1] type of feline from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, a 1939 collection of light poetry by T. S. Eliot. Jellicle cats were adapted for the 1981 stage musical Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber, where the wide array of diverse Jellicles is central to the musical's ...