Cats: The Book of the Musical

The official book of the musical, outlining the making of the original London Production. It includes T S Eliot's poems, photographs of the original production, and drawings by John Napier. A later revised edition covers the original Broadway Production in detail.

Contents

 * Concerning Cats
 * Apropos of Practical Cats by Valerie Eliot
 * 'Up up up to the Heaviside Layer' by Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * The Making of Cats by Trevor Nunn (1st edition)
 * Tails of Two Cities by Trevor Nunn (later editions)
 * The choreographing of Cats by Gillian Lynne
 * 'A giant playground for cats' by John Napier
 * From the Libretto
 * Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
 * The Naming of Cats
 * The Old Gumbie Cat
 * The Rum Tum Tugger
 * Grizabella: the Glamour Cat
 * Bustopher Jones: the Cat About Town
 * Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
 * Old Deuteronomy
 * The Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
 * The Marching Song of the Pollicle Dogs
 * The Song of the Jellicles
 * Gus: the Theatre Cat
 * Growltiger's Last Stand
 * Skimbleshanks: the Railway Cat
 * Macavity: the Mystery Cat
 * Mr. Mistoffelees
 * Memory
 * The Journey to the Heaviside Layer
 * The Ad-dressing of Cats
 * Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats

Editions

 * First Edition, published 1981 by Faber and Faber Limited, London
 * Paperback: ISBN 9780571118632 (0-571-11863-1)
 * Hardback: ISBN 9780571118625 (0-571-11862-3)
 * Revised Edition (featuring Broadway photos), published 1983 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York
 * Paperback: ISBN 9780156155823 (0-156-15582-6)
 * Reprint, published 1986 by Faber and Faber Limited, London
 * Paperback: ISBN 9780571147014 (0-571-14701-1)