Old Deuteronomy

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Old Deuteronomy is a wise, elderly, and revered cat character from T. S. Eliot’s poetry, best known as the benevolent leader of the Jellicle cats in the musical "Cats."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Old Deuteronomy canonical 5
Old Deuteronomy (poem) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cat
fictional character
musical theatre character
adaptedBy Andrew Lloyd Webber
ageDescriptor very old
appearsIn Cats (1998 film)
linked to: Cats (1998 video)

Cats (2019 film)
Cats (musical)
Old Deuteronomy (poem)
linked to: Old Deuteronomy

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
appearsInSong Old Deuteronomy (song from Cats)
linked to: Cats (musical)
associatedGroup Jellicle cats
basedOnWork Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
characterTrait benevolent
elderly
revered
wise
creator T. S. Eliot
fictionalUniverse Cats (musical universe)
linked to: Cats (musical)
firstAppearance Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats (1939)
firstBroadwayAppearance Cats (Broadway, 1982)
linked to: Cats (musical)
firstTheatricalAppearance Cats (West End, 1981)
linked to: Cats (musical)
gender male
inspiredBy biblical Book of Deuteronomy (name origin)
languageOfOrigin English
notableFor choosing the cat who ascends to the Heaviside Layer
presiding over the Jellicle Ball
portrayedBy Brian Blessed
Judi Dench
Ken Page
various stage actors in West End and Broadway productions
role leader of the Jellicle cats
species cat
title Old Deuteronomy

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cats (musical) hasCharacter Old Deuteronomy
Old Deuteronomy appearsIn Old Deuteronomy (poem)
linked to: Old Deuteronomy
Old Deuteronomy title Old Deuteronomy
Cats notableCharacter Old Deuteronomy