An old Possums book of Practical Cats? I'm not even sure if I'm getting that right or not. I heard it was a humorous read about cats and wanted to check it out if that is so. Can anyone tell me where online I can do this?
2006-11-11 01:25:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a set of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. It was first published in 1939 with cover illustrations by the author, and subsequently in 1940 illustrated in full by Nicolas Bentley. An edition was published in 1982 that featured illustrations by Edward Gorey.
The work is most known for inspiring the story for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical on Broadway Cats. This was the longest running Broadway musical until January 2006, when it was overtaken by The Phantom of the Opera, another Andrew Lloyd Webber production.
Contents of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, along with the name of the featured cat when appropriate:
The Naming of Cats
The Old Gumbie Cat (Jennyanydots)
Growltiger’s Last Stand
The Rum Tum Tugger
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Old Deuteronomy
The Pekes and the Pollicles (Great Rumpuscat)
Mr. Mistoffelees
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Gus: The Theatre Cat
Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town
Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat
The Ad-dressing of Cats
Cat Morgan Introduces Himself (added in the 1962 edition)
The musical Cats is based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, but introduces several additional characters—most notably Grizabella.
2006-11-11 02:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by chrchrbrt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've got the title right: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The poetry is quite unlike any of the others by T.S. Eliot. I don't know what he was thinking. Unfortunately, it is best known as the source for Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical, Cats.
2006-11-11 09:36:27 · answer #2 · answered by Rod Z 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is called Old Possums' Book of Practical Cats, and is the basis for Andrew Lloyd Webbers' musical Cats.
2006-11-11 09:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by equericon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. It's "Old Possum's book of Practical Cats." The Broadway show "Cats" was adapted from it. Doubt the text itself is on line, but try Google!
2006-11-11 09:34:40 · answer #4 · answered by keepsondancing 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' are funny poems. Found them online:
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/lion/75/name.html
Enjoy!!
2006-11-11 11:01:07 · answer #5 · answered by solstice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of it. The musical CATS is based on this book. Have you tryed your local bookstore? If they don't have it, try eBay or amazon.com.
2006-11-11 09:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by Rommie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋