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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.
Oct 6, 2015 · Valerie Eliot confirms that yes, it's true; her late husband, T.S., considered cats to be, well, the cat's meow.
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]
- Cats is based on a collection of t.s. eliot poems that were originally going to include dogs, too. Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, published in 1939, is a collection of feline-themed poems written by T. S. Eliot.
- Andrew Lloyd Webber is admittedly "quite neutral" when it comes to cats. For his part, Andrew Lloyd Webber has described his attitude toward cats as “quite neutral.”
- "Memory" was inspired by a poem that T.S. Eliot never finished. In 1980, Webber approached T.S. Eliot’s widow, Valerie, to ask for her blessing on the project.
- Dame Judi Dench left the cast of Cats when her Achilles tendon snapped. In 1981, esteemed actress Judi Dench was brought in to play Grizabella for Cats’s original run on the West End.
Mar 21, 2024 · Previous Next. CATS and the survival of Fabers. 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.
Aug 17, 2016 · She did permit one special adaptation of her husband’s book Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats: the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical Cats, a lucrative choice for both the producers and the Eliot...
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May 14, 2020 · Based on the poems of TS Eliot, these cats are part of an elite feline hall of fame alongside rarified members such as Hairy McClary, Mog and Mrs Norris. But the legacy of the show was rocked...
