Cats: The Book of the Musical

The official book of the musical, covering the making of the original London Production and T S Eliot's poems. It also includes photographs and drawings by John Napier.

Contents

 * Concerning Cats
 * Apropos of Practical Cats by Valerie Eliot
 * 'Up up up to the Heaviside Layer' by Andrew Lloyd Webber
 * Tails of Two Cities by Trevor Nunn
 * 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