The musical “Cats” was inspired by the poetry of T. S. Eliot, specifically his collection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.

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  • The “famous writer” behind Cats is the modernist poet T. S. Eliot.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber based the show on Eliot’s playful cat poems gathered in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (published in 1939).
  • The musical keeps many of Eliot’s original character names and verses, turning his whimsical poetry into a full-scale stage spectacle.

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The poetry that inspired the musical Cats was written by T. S. Eliot.

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