Jellicle cats Jellicle cats "Jellicle cats", or simply the "Jellicles", are a type of feline mentioned in T. S. Eliot's book "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", and in "Cats", a stage musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on the book. Introduced in Eliot's poem "The Song of the Jellicles", they were originally depicted as commonly nocturnal gray, scruffy cats. Specifically, Eliot mentions that they like to gather at an event called the "Jellicle Ball". In the musical, a sub-plot surrounds the disappearance of the Jellicle patriarch Old Deuteronomy. The names are taken from Eliot's poem "The Naming of Cats"
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