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Nice selection @Ted. Especially from Elliot - having already attended the current Broadway Cats three times. My understanding is that Elliot’s family, who owned the rights to Old Possem’s Book of Practical Cats, sold the theatrical rights to Andrew Lloyd Webber under the stipulation that he not alter any of Elliot’s original wording. What a magnificent musical Webber put together!
A small sample from Elliot’s many hours of cat talk:
“Before a Cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream; And you might now and then supply Some caviare, or Strassburg Pie, Some potted grouse, or salmon paste — He's sure to have his personal taste. (I know a Cat, who makes a habit Of eating nothing else but rabbit, And when he's finished, licks his paws So's not to waste the onion sauce.) A Cat's entitled to expect These evidences of respect. And so in time you reach your aim, And finally call him by his name.”
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Nice selection @Ted. Especially from Elliot - having already attended the current Broadway Cats three times. My understanding is that Elliot’s family, who owned the rights to Old Possem’s Book of Practical Cats, sold the theatrical rights to Andrew Lloyd Webber under the stipulation that he not alter any of Elliot’s original wording. What a magnificent musical Webber put together!
A small sample from Elliot’s many hours of cat talk:
“Before a Cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend,
Some little token of esteem
Is needed, like a dish of cream;
And you might now and then supply
Some caviare, or Strassburg Pie,
Some potted grouse, or salmon paste —
He's sure to have his personal taste.
(I know a Cat, who makes a habit
Of eating nothing else but rabbit,
And when he's finished, licks his paws
So's not to waste the onion sauce.)
A Cat's entitled to expect
These evidences of respect.
And so in time you reach your aim,
And finally call him by his name.”
― T.S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats