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Macavity

Macavity the Mystery Cat, also called the Hidden Paw, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. He also appears in the Andrew Lloyd Webber 1981 musical Cats, which is based on Eliot's book. Macavity is a cunning criminal and con artist; he possesses mystical powers and is the…

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Occupation
Criminal Con artist
Adapted by
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Alias
Hidden Paw
Created by
T. S. Eliot
First appearance
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats · 5 October 1939
Full name
Macavity the Mystery Cat

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Macavity

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Edges61
Triples81
Avg. degree1.97
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Macavity

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related to Musical · 24
Macavity → Alonzo, Andrew Lloyd Webber, As, Bombalurina, Broadway, Bryn Walters, Cats, Confronted, Demeter, He, Idris Elba, Jellicle, Kenneth Ard, Lloyd Webber, Moriarty, Munkustrap, Old Deuteronomy, Richard Pettyfer, The, The Macavity
related to Origins and etymology · 13
Macavity → Arthur Conan Doyle, Eliot, Evidence, Frank Morley, In, Katharine Loesch, Moriarty, Professor Moriarty, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Starr, The, Webster
related to In popular culture · 12
Macavity → Best Bio/Critical Mystery Work, Best First Mystery Novel, Best Mystery Novel, Best Mystery Short Story, Cat, Chrumps, Kajetan Chrumps, Kot Makawity, Macavity Awards, Maciej Wojtyszko's, Mystery Readers International, Polish
related to Poem · 10
Macavity → Although, Eliot, Eliot's Old Possum's Book, Faber, Mystery Cat, Old Possum's Book, Practical Cats, Practical Cats The, The, The Mystery Cat
related to Film · 7
Macavity → Cats, Heaviside Layer, Idris Elba, In, Jellicle, This, Throughout
is a · 4
Macavity → cunning criminal and con artist, literary allusion to Professor Moriarty, master criminal who is too clever to leave any evidence of his guilt, name given by several bus drivers from the West Midlands
First appearance · 2
Macavity → 5 October 1939, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
Adapted by · 1
Macavity → Andrew Lloyd Webber
Alias · 1
Macavity → Hidden Paw
Created by · 1
Macavity → T. S. Eliot

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cat cats poem film musical crime mystery moriarty also old criminal book eliot character hidden paw lloyd webber napoleon demeter

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MacavityAdapted byAndrew Lloyd Webber1.00infobox
MacavityAliasHidden Paw1.00infobox
MacavityCreated byT. S. Eliot1.00infobox
MacavityFirst appearanceOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats1.00infobox
MacavityFirst appearance5 October 19391.00infobox
MacavityFull nameMacavity the Mystery Cat1.00infobox
MacavityNicknameNapoleon of Crime1.00infobox
MacavityOccupationCriminal Con artist1.00infobox
MacavityOriginEngland1.00infobox
MacavityPortrayed byJohn Thornton, Ken Ard, Bryn Walters, Idris Elba1.00infobox
MacavitySpeciesCat1.00infobox
Macavityis acunning criminal and con artist0.90text
Macavityis aliterary allusion to Professor Moriarty0.90text
Macavityis amaster criminal who is too clever to leave any evidence of his guilt0.90text
Macavityis aname given by several bus drivers from the West Midlands0.90text

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