Old Deuteronomy
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Old Deuteronomy is a wise, elderly, and revered cat character from T. S. Eliot’s poetry, best known as the benevolent leader of the Jellicle cats in the musical "Cats."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Old Deuteronomy canonical | 5 |
| Old Deuteronomy (poem) | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cat
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ musical theatre character ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Andrew Lloyd Webber ⓘ |
| ageDescriptor | very old ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Cats (1998 video)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cats (1998 film)
Cats (2019 film) ⓘ Cats (musical) ⓘ Old Deuteronomy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Old Deuteronomy (poem)
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
surface form:
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
|
| appearsInSong |
Cats (musical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Deuteronomy (song from Cats)
|
| associatedGroup | Jellicle cats ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
|
| characterTrait |
benevolent
ⓘ
elderly ⓘ revered ⓘ wise ⓘ |
| creator | T. S. Eliot ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Cats (musical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cats (musical universe)
|
| firstAppearance |
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939)
|
| firstBroadwayAppearance |
Cats (musical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cats (Broadway, 1982)
|
| firstTheatricalAppearance |
Cats (musical)
ⓘ
surface form:
Cats (West End, 1981)
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | biblical Book of Deuteronomy (name origin) ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
choosing the cat who ascends to the Heaviside Layer
ⓘ
presiding over the Jellicle Ball ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Brian Blessed
ⓘ
Judi Dench ⓘ Ken Page ⓘ various stage actors in West End and Broadway productions ⓘ |
| role | leader of the Jellicle cats ⓘ |
| species | cat ⓘ |
| title | Old Deuteronomy self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Old Deuteronomy (poem)