Grizabella like a crooked pin." The character of Grizabella featured in an unpublished poem that T. S. Eliot wrote for his godchildren, intending to include it in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". However, as his widow, Valerie Eliot pointed out, he thought it was too "sad for children" and so did not include it in the finished work. Valerie Eliot came to the 1980 Sydmonton Festival concert where Andrew Lloyd Webber premiered some of his settings of the Old Possum poems, and gave him the paper with the fragment of Grizabella written on it. From there Lloyd Webber and director
Possum (2018 film) weird", but commended Harris' and Armstrong's performances. Possum (2018 film) Possum is a 2018 British psychological horror film written and directed by Matthew Holness in his feature film debut, starring Sean Harris and Alun Armstrong. The film centers on a disgraced children's puppeteer who returns to his childhood home, and is forced to confront the childhood abuse and trauma that he suffered at the hands of his stepfather. "Possum" premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 25, 2018. It received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised Harris' performance, atmosphere, soundtrack, and unsettling imagery. Holness had previously worked