Growltiger's Last Stand

E115180
comic poem narrative poem poem

"Growltiger's Last Stand" is a comic narrative poem by T. S. Eliot about a fearsome but ultimately doomed pirate cat, best known today as one of the stories adapted into the musical *Cats*.

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Label Occurrences
"Growltiger's Last Stand" 1
Growltiger's Last Stand canonical 1
Growltiger's Last Stand (Cats musical number) 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comic poem ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
adaptationBasedOn Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
adaptationMedium stage musical ⓘ
adaptationTitle Growltiger's Last Stand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Growltiger's Last Stand (Cats musical number)
adaptedAs musical number in Cats ⓘ
adaptedBy Andrew Lloyd Webber ⓘ
author T. S. Eliot ⓘ
characterRole pirate ⓘ
characterType cat ⓘ
collectionAuthor T. S. Eliot ⓘ
containsElement action ⓘ
anthropomorphic animals ⓘ
humor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre comic poetry ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
hasAntagonistGroup Siamese cats ⓘ
hasCulturalDepictionOf cats in literature ⓘ
pirates in popular culture ⓘ
hasIllustratedEditions yes ⓘ
hasSpeciesOfMainCharacter domestic cat ⓘ
includedIn children's poetry anthologies ⓘ
influenced Cats (musical) ⓘ
surface form: Cats (1981 musical)
intendedAudience children ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm poem ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Growltiger ⓘ
meter rhymed verse ⓘ
narrativeOutcome death of Growltiger ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of a fearsome pirate cat ⓘ
partOf Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
publisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
setting Thames ⓘ
surface form: Thames River

barge ⓘ
theme downfall ⓘ
piracy ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
workInSeries Cats ⓘ
surface form: Practical Cats poems

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats → containsPoem → Growltiger's Last Stand ⓘ
Growltiger's Last Stand → adaptationTitle → Growltiger's Last Stand self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Growltiger's Last Stand (Cats musical number)
Growltiger → notableWork → Growltiger's Last Stand ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Growltiger's Last Stand"