Macavity Macavity Macavity is a fictional character who is described in a poem in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", by T. S. Eliot. He also appears in "Cats", the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. The name "Macavity" is a pun by T. S. Eliot, on the names of several characters from other works of literature : "Macheath," a supervillain who appears both in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera", its sequel "Polly" and roughly 200 years later as Mack the Knife in "The Threepenny Opera" written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in 1928, "macuahuitl", the Aztec obsidian sword, and "Moriarty", the
Possum (2018 film) "Martin" (1978), and German Expressionist films. After returning to his childhood home, Phillip, a disgraced children's puppeteer, is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured his entire life. All the while he is haunted by a horrific spider-like marionette called Possum. "Possum" marks the feature film debut of English comedian, author, and director Matthew Holness. Holness had previously worked on the cult television series "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace"; which he both wrote, directed, and starred in as the title character, as well as the publication of several short stories. Although normally associated with comedies, Holness himself