Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; based on Old Possum's book of practical cats by T.S. Eliot ; additional material written by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe. "This recording ... contains most of the music of the London production ... which opened at the New London Theatre on 11 May 1981"--Insert. Compact disc. Libretto ([44] p. : ill.) inserted in container. Wayne Sleep, Paul Nicholas, Brian Blessed, and Elaine Paige; with supporting performers.
Contents:
Overture -- Prologue : The ad-dressing of cats. The naming of cats -- The invitation to the Jellicle ball -- The old gumbie cat -- The rum tum tugger -- Grizabella, the glamour cat -- Bustopher Jones -- Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer -- Old Deuteronomy -- The Jellicle ball -- Grizabella, the glamour cat -- Memory -- The moments of happiness -- Gus, the theatre cat -- Growltiger's last stand, including "The ballad of Billy McCaw" -- Skimbleshanks -- Macavity -- Mr. Mistoffelees -- Memory -- Journey to the heaviside layer -- The ad-dressing of cats.
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