Murad

Murad is an on-stage swing character in Australian-based Asian productions, seeming to originate in the South Korea Tent Tour in 2003 in order to gain more male chorus names.

His name comes from an idea T S Eliot had for a cat named "MIRLA MURAD ALI BEG" who was to be "a very Grand Cat...a Persian Prince and it is Blue because it has Blue Blood." He however, is not mentioned in "The Naming of Cats".

Personality and role
The Chinese Production's official website describes Murad as "a small male cat that often appears in high places."

As a chorus cat, he does not have any featured moments as he understudies other roles, and the character is cut when doing so. He dances in large ensemble numbers and sings in the chorus.

The Murad performer usually covers the adult male roles that require strong dance skills such as Skimbleshanks, Alonzo, and Plato.