The Great Rumpus Cat is a fictional character from T.S. Eliot 's 1939 book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's 1981 musical, Cats .
7-555: The Great Rumpus Cat appears in the poem " Of the Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles ." The poem describes a contentious encounter between a Peke and a Pollicle dog which eventually leads to the participation of other dogs and a great deal of barking, heard throughout the park. The Great Rumpuscat nonchalantly intervenes and scatters the dogs merely by his threatening appearance and
14-585: A single great leap. The Great Rumpuscat is described as having blazing eyes, great jaws, and a fierce and hairy presence. Of the dogs in the poem, the Pollicle is referring to many types of dogs, whereas the Pekes , Poms , and Pugs all correspond to actual breeds. The Pollicle is a dog who is a stray and wilder than pets. In Cats , the Jellicles put on a small play when their leader, Old Deuteronomy , arrives. The story
21-478: Is about how Rumpus Cat stopped two neighboring dog clans, the Pekes and Pollicles, from fighting. Steven Wayne played the part in the original London West End production, doubling as George, and Kenneth Ard, doubling as Macavity created the part on Broadway . It appears, as his costume in the film version suggests, that he is considered a type of superhero in the Jellicle society. In the film version, Rumpus Cat
28-457: Is derived from a corruption of the phrase "poor little dog". Similarly, "Jellicle Cat" is a corruption of "dear little cat". In Cats , "The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" is performed in the time signature 8 as part of a play within the musical . It is sung by Munkustrap and describes a legendary battle between two neighbouring dog tribes, the Pekes and the Pollicles, who bark "until you could hear them all over
35-456: Is played by Frank Thompson who also plays Admetus. In the 2016 Broadway revival, The Rumpus Cat was played by Christopher Gurr, who also played Bustopher Jones and Gus the Theater Cat. The Rumpus Cat is a replacement for Growltiger in this revival. This article about a literature character is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and
42-781: The Pollicles " (Of) The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles " (Together with Some Account of the Participation of the Pugs and the Poms and the Intervention of the Great Rumpus Cat) is a poem by T. S. Eliot included in Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats , his 1939 book of light verse . It is also included in Andrew Lloyd Webber 's 1981 musical Cats , which is an adaptation of
49-463: The book. "(Of) The Awefull Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles" was first published on 5 October 1939 in T. S. Eliot 's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats . Dogs are treated as "gullible simpletons" in the book and this particular poem revolves around a public commotion caused by warring dogs. Eliot specifically mentions "Pollicle Dogs" to be Yorkshire Terriers in the poem as a reference to his first wife 's dog Polly. The word "Pollicle Dog"
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