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T.S. Eliot

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LyricistBook Writer 1888–1965

Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure of modernist poetry in the English language where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work, and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39 and renounced his American citizenship. Eliot first attracted widespread attention for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufr…

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Cats
CATS: The Jellicle Ball

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  • A : Sometimes it’s obvious, as with Henry Fielding’s Rape Upon Rape , which became Lock Up Your Daughters (1959). Or T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats —just Cats was more practical. In some cases, an original word was judged noncommercial, like “prejudice” in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice , which became First Impression…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • “Cats , the empty musical … powerfully demonstrates the popular appeal of cats and the wild freedom they represent. The authors of the show took T.S. Eliot’s anthropomorphism more seriously than he did, notably in the case of pathetic Grizabella, a once-beautiful cat who mourns her lost youth and ascends into heaven at the end; they give…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • CATS Music, Andrew Lloyd Webber; Based on Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot; Orchestrations, David Cullen, Lloyd Webber; Prod. . Musical Director, David Caddick; Musical Director, Edward G. Robinson; _ Sound, Martin Levan; Lighting, David Hersey; Design, John Napier; _ Choreography /Associate Director, Gillian Lynne; Direc…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1994-95 Season, v. 51 (Willis).txt
  • CATS Music, Andrew Lloyd Webber; Based on Old Possum’ Book Of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot; Orchestrations, David Cullen, Andrew Lloyd Webber; Prod. Musical Director, David Caddick; Musical Director, Mark McLaren; Sound, Martin Levan; Lighting, David Hersey; Design, Johntheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1998-99 Season, v. 55 (Willis).txt
  • Four Quartets Clark Studio Theater at Lincoln Center; November 8-12, 2011; 6 performances Poetry by T.S. Eliot, music by Beethoven; Conceived and created by Stephen Dillane and Katie Mitchell: Presented by the Donmar Warehouse as part of the 2011 White Light Festival (Jane Moss, Artistic Director); Director, Katie Mitchell; Set, Vicki Mor…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2011-12 Season, v. 68 (Willis).txt
  • SYNOPSIS Stephen Dillane reunites with the Miré Quartet in Four Quartets, a piece that combines T.S. Eliot's sprawling poetry meditation on time, love, and morality with Beethoven's String Quartet in A minor, Op.132, which inspired Eliot's poem.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2011-12 Season, v. 68 (Willis).txt

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