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."

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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

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Cats (musical) hasCharacter Old Deuteronomy
Old Deuteronomy appearsIn Old Deuteronomy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Old Deuteronomy (poem)
Old Deuteronomy title Old Deuteronomy self-link
Cats notableCharacter Old Deuteronomy