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Title:

Cats [videorecording] / Polygram Visual Programming ; Really Useful Films presents ; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; musical staging and choreography by Gillian Lynne ; produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber ; directed by David Mallet.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

The Really Useful Group Limited;

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

1 videodisc (121 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Eliot, T. S.--(Thomas Stearns),--1888-1965--Film adaptations.
Cats--Drama.

Other Authors:

$aLloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948- pro pro
Lynne, Gillian. chr
Mallet, David (Director) drt
$aPaige, Elaine. act
aMills, John, 1908-2005. act
Page, Ken. act
Ford, Rosemarie. act
Gruber, Michael, 1964 November 1- act
Partridge, John, 1971-
May, Aeva. act
Garratt, Geoffrey. act
Barron, James. act
Gibb, Jo. act
Varley, Drew. act
McKenna, Susie. act
Brent, Jacob. act
Tanner, Susan Jane. act
aSmith, Phyllida Crowley. act
Walters, Bryn. act
Casteleyn, Veerle. act
Mackintosh, Cameron. pro
Nunn, Trevor. drt drt

Notes:

Based on "Old Possum's book of practical cats" by T.S. Eliot. Originally produced on the stage by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Theatre Company ; original stage production conceived and directed by Trevor Nunn. Elaine Paige (Grizabella), John Mills (Gus the Theatre Cat), Ken Page (Old Deuteronomy), Rosemarie Ford (Bombalurina), Michael Gruber (Munkustrap), John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger), Aeva May (Demeter) Geoffrey Garratt (Skimbleshanks), James Barron (Bustopher Jones), Jo Gibb (Rumpleteazer), Drew Varley (Mungojerrie), Susie McKenna (Jennyanydots), Jacob Brent (Mistoffelees), Susan Jane Tanner (Jellylorum), Phyllida Crowley Smith (Victoria), Bryn Walters (Macavity), Veerle Casteleyn (Jemima), Tommi Sliiden (Coricopat), Kaye Brown (Tantomile), Karl Morgan (Pouncival), Leah Sue Morland (Electra), Jo Bingham (Etcetera), Fergus Logan (Tumblebrutus), Tony Timberlake (Asparagus), Jason Gardiner (Alonzo), Femi Taylor (Exotica), Frank Thompson (Rumpus Cat), Rebecca Parker (Cassandra).

Contents:

Opening credits/Overture -- Prologue: Jellicle songs for jellicle cats -- Naming of cats -- Old Gumbie cat -- Rum Tum Tugger -- Grizabella, the glamour cat -- Bustopher Jones: The cat about town -- Mungojerrie & Rumpleteazer -- Old Deuteronomy -- Awful battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles -- Jellicle ball -- Memory -- Moments of happiness -- Gus: The theatre cat -- Skimbleshanks: The railway cat -- Macavity: The mystery cat -- Mr. Mistoffelees -- Memory -- Journey to the heaviside layer -- Ad-dressing of cats -- Closing credits.
(1998) (30 min.). What's a jellicle cat? The making of CATS the video / Really Useful Films presents ; produced by Gary Lucchesi, Rebbecca Ferrand ; directed by Andy Picheta (1998) (30 min.).

Summary:

The Jellicle Cats gather in their junkyard, preparing for the Jellicle Ball, for this is the night when patriarch Old Deuteronomy will choose a cat to be reborn into a new life on the Heavyside Layer. There are stories, songs, and dances from Victoria the White Cat, Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger, Grizabella, Jemima, Gus the Theatre Cat, Jellylorum, Skimbleshanks, Macavity, Demeter and Bombalurina, Demeter, Alonzo, Mr. Mistoffelees, and others. The songs explain how Cats are named, whom they fight, how they work and play, entertain, and how they love and why.

ISBN:

9780783249667
0783249667

UPC:

025192111624

Locations:

LTAX046 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Centerville (Centerville)

HFPB765 -- Gilmore City Public Library (Gilmore City)