Memory… #TSEliot … And reflexive conversations lost in time | @cazzwebbo

Comic strip by me by the way. Circa 1993.

As the rest of the world probably already knew, but what came to me as news this morning, when Elaine Page sang ‘Memory’ in the Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Cats, she was singing words inspired by T.S.Eliot’s poetry. I realised it as soon as I read Eliot’s Rhapsody on a Windy Night, and then googled it to confirm my hunch. 

If you fancy hearing / seeing Elaine P sing that again, here it is on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqx3LDawgS8&feature=share ;

I love reflexivity between authors and genres. It’s like a cultural conversation…

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