A Note On the Text
Most of the poems comprising Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats (1939)
have been set to music complete and in their originally published form; a few have been
subject to a minor revision of tense or pronoun, and eight lines have been added to the
Song of the Jellicles. However, some of our lyrics, notably the Marching Song of the
Pollicle Dogs and the story of Grizabella were discovered among the unpublished writings
of Eliot. The prologue is based on ideas and incorporates lines from another
unpublished poem, entitled Pollicle Dogs and Jellilce Cats. Memory includes lines
from and is suggested by Rhapsody On a Windy Night, and other poems of Prufrock period.
All other words in the show are taken from the collected Poems.
~by Trevor Nunn
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The moment Andrew Lloyd Webber played me
several of his musical settings, I felt that they had a curious, compelling alchemy.
~ by Cameron Mackintosh
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