InWWWW 1981 Eliot's poems were set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber as "Cats" which went on to become the longest-running Broadway musical in history. This new edition published on the 70th anniversary of Faber and Faber is beautifully illustrated by Axel Scheffler the award winning artist of The Gruffalo. Hardback
Cats! Some are sane some are mad and some are good and some are bad. Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you'll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity's not there!In 1925 T.S. Eliot became co-director of Faber and Faber who remain his publishers to this day. Throughout the 1930s he composed the now famous poems about Macavity Old Deuteronomy Mr Mistoffelees and many other cats under the name of 'Old Possum'.
