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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Label Occurrences
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats canonical 17
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats 14
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats universe 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
children's poetry ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
adaptedAs Cats (2019 film) ⓘ
surface form: Cats (2019 film, indirectly via the musical)

Cats (musical) ⓘ
author T. S. Eliot ⓘ
containsPoem Bustopher Jones ⓘ
surface form: Bustopher Jones: The Cat about Town

Growltiger's Last Stand ⓘ
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gus: The Theatre Cat

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Macavity: The Mystery Cat

Mr. Mistoffelees ⓘ
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer ⓘ
Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles ⓘ
Old Deuteronomy ⓘ
Skimbleshanks ⓘ
surface form: Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Ad-dressing of Cats

The Naming of Cats ⓘ
The Rum Tum Tugger ⓘ
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Song of the Jellicles
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre comic verse ⓘ
light verse ⓘ
nonsense poetry ⓘ
hasCharacter Bustopher Jones ⓘ
Growltiger ⓘ
Gus ⓘ
Macavity ⓘ
Mr. Mistoffelees ⓘ
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer ⓘ
surface form: Mungojerrie

Old Deuteronomy ⓘ
The Rum Tum Tugger ⓘ
surface form: Rum Tum Tugger

Rumpelteazer ⓘ
Skimbleshanks ⓘ
hasSubject London, England ⓘ
surface form: 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 T. S. Eliot ⓘ
surface form: Old Possum (Eliot's nickname from Ezra Pound)
writer T. S. Eliot ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

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this entity surface form: Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats → containsPoem → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gus: The Theatre Cat
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats → containsPoem → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Song of the Jellicles
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats → containsPoem → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ad-dressing of Cats
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The Rum Tum Tugger → appearsIn → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
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Growltiger's Last Stand → partOf → Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
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