If Willits had continued in this vein, Shakespeares Cat might have been an offbeat but genuine masterpiece. As the seriously wounded Smudge recuperates, Collette enlists the aid of the unsophisticated yet naturally noble (and virile) Tomcat to help save the remaining Carson cats. In Act Two, they find Twilight Town, a slum community of abandoned pet and feral cats and dogs. Their power makes ventriloquists of judges,Ī human mob sacks the Carson mansion, Captain Lacroix dies fighting heroically, and most of the cats are captured except for Smudge and Collette who escape in a desperate attempt to find help. Theres growing rage her moneys left to cushion us,Īnd feeling whats been done can be undone. Our benefactors intentions legally proclaimed. The cats know that they are Carsons heirs, but they have no illusions that the humans who hoped to inherit her wealth will let it go:
Resting in her orchard at the fading of the day,ĭeaths chill, like a far-searching bird,Įach sheeted room of memories shut down. The revelry is interrupted by shocking news:Īmelia Carsons dead! The only one who loved us, and shes gone. They come here to cavort and give full graceĪnd measure to our annual Hoopla Ball. Well-versed in all the arts to please a man, To tread our rustic forest paths with their coquetry. That is the actual event upon which Willits play is based, although it is about as close to the true event as Shakespeares Macbeth was to genuine 11 th-century Scottish history.Ĭarsons pampered cats are introduced reveling in luxury: CAT #2įair Eurekas finest, Amelia Carsons cats, But the 1957 incident of 85-year-old Amelia Carson of Eureka, California leaving her million-dollar estate to her thirty cats was well-reported at the time. Actually, aside from the Shakespearean blank verse, this seems more reminiscent of the spirit of Gilbert & Sullivan with maybe a little Brecht.ĭisneys The Aristocats was not officially inspired by any specific rich old lady leaving her fortune to her cats, and Bast knows this has happened many times. Take Disneys The Aristocats, mix with Lloyd Webbers Cats and Shakespeares er, well, bits and pieces from throughout Shakespeare. Shakespeares Cat Haydn of Mars and Sebastian of Mars Fleabees Fortune and the Warriors series
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