Cats (musical) carrying Grizabella and Old Deuteronomy partway toward the sky; he then steps off so she can finish the journey on her own. Finally, Old Deuteronomy gives his closing speech to the audience ("The Ad-dressing of Cats") and the show comes to a close. A 1981 recording of the Original London Cast was released first on LP and cassette tape and later as a two-CD set. It contains the following tracks: Composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the production of "Cats" is based on T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" (1939), which the composer recalled as having been a
By the Bog of Cats Cats" "an outstanding dark psychological drama" and a "hilarious dark comedy." "By the Bog of Cats" returned to Dublin's Abbey Theatre from August–September 2015. Elements of this production were slightly satirical. For example, the Ghost Fancier was depicted as a "singing cowboy" who is "trailed by country and western music." Additionally, reviewer Peter Crawley connects the Kilbride family to the newly rich Irish at "the crude beginnings of the Celtic Tiger years." Crawley had several criticisms for the play, including finding Hester a less than interesting character and calling the second act "structurally unwieldy." A recent production of "By the