Mr. Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffelees Mr. Mistoffelees is a character in T. S. Eliot's poetry book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" and its stage adaptation, Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical "Cats". He is an important primary character, and one of the most popular of the show. He is also sometimes named Quaxo. Mistoffelees' name derives from the demon Mephistopheles. However, the character is not sinister as the name implies, and instead is described by Eliot as being "the original conjuring cat", who is "always deceiving you into believing that he's only hunting for mice" — a mysterious quiet and small black feline
T. S. Eliot bibliography T. S. Eliot bibliography The T. S. Eliot bibliography contains a list of works by T. S. Eliot. The following is a list of books of poetry by T. S. Eliot arranged chronologically by first edition. Some of Eliot's poems were first published in booklet or pamphlet format (such as his "Ariel poems".) The following is a list of plays by T. S. Eliot arranged chronologically by first edition. The following is a list of non-fiction books by T. S. Eliot arranged chronologically by first edition. The following is a list of books of letters by T. S. Eliot arranged