Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer male cat: "...they were plausible fellows..." However, Rumpleteazer is usually portrayed as female in the musical. In the original Broadway production, the person cast as Rumpleteazer doubled as another character, Etcetera. In smaller local productions, this double character casting still occurs. In addition, Rumpleteazer and Mungojerrie can be cast to double as another tertiary set of characters: the twins Tantomile and Coricopat. Three distinct versions of the "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" music exist: the original London production's version has a slower tempo and more jazz-like sound, while the more common original Broadway version is upbeat. Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote a new
W. S. Graham with T. S. Eliot, then editor of Faber and Faber, who published "The White Threshold". Faber and Faber remained Graham's publishers for the rest of his life. In 1954, Graham returned to Cornwall to live near the St Ives, Cornwall artists' colony. Here he became friendly with several of the resident painters, including Bryan Wynter and Roger Hilton. The following year, Faber and Faber published his "The Nightfishing," a book whose title poem marked a dramatic change in Graham's poetry. The poem moved on from his earlier style and moved away from the neo-romantic/apocalyptic tag. Unfortunately for the poet, the