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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Pair of stockings from Grizabella costume used in the musical Cats]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Theater]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Amusements]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Music]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Napier, John]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Musical Theater]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[This pair of stockings is part of a costume worn by actresses portraying the character Grizabella in the original Broadway production of Cats. The stockings are made of sparkled synthetic knit fabric printed with a variegated horizontal brown, beige, gray, and black stripe pattern.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Grizabella the Glamour Cat is the musical‚Äôs main character, responsible for singing the hit song ‚ÄúMemory.‚Äù Grizabella was once a glamourous cat but is now lonely and decrepit; she is ostracized by the Jellicle tribe and seeks re-acceptance in the community. She is eventually chosen as the ‚ÄúJellicle choice‚Äù to ascend to the Heaviside Layer and return to a new life. Grizabella‚Äôs story was not included in Old Possum‚Äôs Book of Practical Cats, as it was deemed ‚Äútoo sad for children.‚Äù T. S. Eliot‚Äôs widow, Valerie Eliot, gave Andrew Lloyd Webber the poem which describes the former glamour cat who has fallen on hard times and roams the red-light district near Tottenham Court. Elaine Page originated the role on the West End in 1981 and reprised the role in the 1998 film. Betty Buckley later took on the role on Broadway in 1982. Jennifer Hudson portrayed her in the 2019 film adaptation.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Cats broke Broadway records with its run of 7,485 performances from 1982 until 2000 at New York‚Äôs Winter Garden Theatre. The play, written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on stories and characters from T. S. Eliot's 1939 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and first premiered in London‚Äôs West End in 1981. The expensive and spectacular production has been called the first ‚Äúmegamusical,‚Äù inaugurating a new period of Broadway theater history when big-budget shows with elaborate special effects, spectacular costumes, and rock music revived the theater district‚Äôs sagging fortunes. Cats earned multiple Tony awards in its original run and has since been revived on Broadway and in numerous national and international tours.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Currently not on view]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Napier, John]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Smithsonian Institution]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1982-2000]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1191027&amp;repo=DPLA]]></dcterms:references>
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