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Mar 21, 2024 · Valerie Eliot’s contribution to Cats has been unsung, largely because of her own concern about how she was viewed as a guardian of her husband’s literary legacy. The wealth it generated has huge consequences for her personally, and I’ve been puzzling over this since not long after her death in 2012.
Dec 5, 2019 · As the show’s choreographer, Gillian Lynne, was demonstrating cat movements to guests on the lawn, Eliot gave Lloyd Webber an envelope full of her husband’s unpublished cat poems.
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Dec 16, 2019 · He put “slightly punky” wigs on the cast, which he could spray into the suggestion of cat ears, and decided against full face paint—mostly cat noses, and dabs for whiskers.
Mar 21, 2024 · This is a continuation of the story about Valerie Eliot and the making of Cats, told here. Let’s start with a typical description of Valerie Eliot’s widowhood: After his death on 4 January 1965, Valerie proved a sterling and inspirational guardian of Eliot’s work.
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Cats, by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, is based on a collection of poems by noted poet T.S. Eliot. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, published in 1939, began life as a series of whimsical poems that Eliot wrote in letters to his godchildren. The book doesn't have a plot and is more about describing these cats, their character, and a bit of their...
The cats of the title are the Jellicle tribe, a group of London felines who introduce themselves to the audience by explaining how each of the cats were named. The show's main narrator, Munkustrap, then explains how tonight is the night of the big choice, where the tribe's elder leader Old Deuteronomy will choose one of the cats to make the journey...
Cats is a show that is entirely sung-through with no stopping for dialogue beats. There are 23 credited songs in Cats, although some productions chop and change numbers to suit their needs. As with all musical adaptations seeking Oscar attention, the Cats movie has a new song courtesy of Andrew Lloyd Webber and star Taylor Swift called “Beautiful G...
One of Valerie Eliot's most lucrative decisions as executor was granting permission for a stage musical to be based on her husband's work Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. This became the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats . [4]
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May 14, 2020 · 1980 Songs from the then-titled Practical Cats are performed at Sydmonton Festival. The presence of one very significant audience member changes everything: Valerie Eliot, widow of TS...
