Trivia: The musical “Cats” is based on a work by what initialed poet?
T.S. Eliot
W.B. Yeats
E.E. Cummings
W.H. Auden
The correct answer is T.S. Eliot
So why is this answer correct? : Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical “Cats” is inspired by T.S. Eliot’s 1939 book of poems, “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.” Eliot wrote the poems, which explored the psychology of cats, as letters to his grandchildren. When Webber was asked about the deeper themes of his 1980s musical, keeping true to the work, the famous composer simply answered: “This is just about cats.”