Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

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book children's poetry poetry collection

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a whimsical collection of light verse about anthropomorphic cats by T. S. Eliot, best known today as the basis for the musical "Cats."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → children's poetry → poetry collection →
adaptedAs	Cats (2019 film, indirectly via the musical) → Cats (musical) →
author	T. S. Eliot →
containsPoem	Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town → Growltiger's Last Stand → Gus: The Theatre Cat → Macavity: The Mystery Cat → Mr. Mistoffelees → Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer → Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles → Old Deuteronomy → Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat → The Ad-dressing of Cats → The Naming of Cats → The Rum Tum Tugger → The Song of the Jellicles →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
genre	comic verse → light verse → nonsense poetry →
hasCharacter	Bustopher Jones → Growltiger → Gus → Macavity → Mr. Mistoffelees → Mungojerrie → Old Deuteronomy → Rum Tum Tugger → Rumpelteazer → Skimbleshanks →
hasSubject	London → anthropomorphic cats →
illustratedEditionBy	Edward Gorey →
intendedAudience	children → general readers →
language	English →
literaryStyle	humorous → whimsical →
mediaType	print →
notableFor	being the basis of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats →
originalPublisher	Faber and Faber →
publicationDate	1939 →
setting	London streets and theatres → urban environments →
timePeriodOfCreation	1930s →
titleOrigin	Old Possum (Eliot's nickname from Ezra Pound) →
writer	T. S. Eliot →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ("Macavity: The Mystery Cat") → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ("Gus: The Theatre Cat") → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ("The Song of the Jellicles") → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ("The Ad-dressing of Cats") →	containsPoem
T. S. Eliot →	notableWork