Jellicle

Jellicle

The Jellicle cats, or simply the Jellicles, are a type of feline mentioned in T. S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats".

Introduced in his poem "Song of the Jellicles", they were originally depicted by Eliot as common black-and-white cats whose daytime nature is peaceful, pleasant and restful — but who possess an active love of nightlife. Specifically, Eliot mentions that they like to gather at an event called the "Jellicle Ball".

They are featured in "Cats", the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on Eliot's work, in which a subplot surrounds the disappearance of the Jellicle patriarch Old Deuteronomy. (In contrast with the poem, Lloyd Webber's Jellicles possess many kinds of coat-patterns, diverse personalities and individual talents.)

The name "jellicle" comes from a previously unpublished poem by Eliot entitled "Pollicle Dogs and Jellicle Cats", where "jellicle cats" is a corruption of "dear little cats" and "pollicle dogs" of "poor little dogs". [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/01/20/nwebb20.xml] Milner, Catherine. Now Lloyd Webber puts Eliot's dogs to music. "The Sunday Telegraph" (London, England). January 20, 2002: 6.]

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