Old Deuteronomy Jobin Andrews in the 2015 Bahrain production. Currently the role is being played by Quentin Earl Darrington in the 2016 Broadway Revival. In October 2018 it was announced that Judi Dench would be taking on the role in the 2019 movie adaptation. The first time the character has been represented as female. Old Deuteronomy Old Deuteronomy is a character in T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and its musical adaptation, "Cats". In Eliot's original poem, Old Deuteronomy is described as an ancient, wise cat who has "lived many lives in succession" and is respected by the other
Carbonel: The King of the Cats Carbonel: The King of the Cats Carbonel: the King of the Cats is a children's book by Barbara Sleigh, first published by Max Parrish in 1955, and in the US by Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. It is based on an old folk tale from the British Isles "The King of the Cats" and has two sequels, "The Kingdom of Carbonel" (Puffin, 1961) and "Carbonel and Calidor: Being the Further Adventures of a Royal Cat" (Kestrel Books, 1978), making up the "Carbonel" series. The first edition of "Carbonel" was illustrated by V. H. Drummond, and of "Kingdom" by D. M. Leonard. A girl