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"The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" was the main topic of The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See..., a 1968 children's musical play about Lear's nonsense poems. The play was written by Sheila Ruskin and David Wood. [9] In 1996, Eric Idle published a children's novel, The Quite Remarkable Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat, based on the poem
The Owl and the Pussycat is a 1970 American romantic film directed by Herbert Ross from a screenplay by Buck Henry, based on the 1964 play of the same name by Bill Manhoff. The film follows Doris ( Barbra Streisand ), a somewhat uneducated actress, model, and part-time prostitute who moves in temporarily with her neighbor Felix ( George Segal ...
"The Owl and the Pussy Cat" is a song for soprano and piano composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1966, based on the eponymous text by Edward Lear. It is Stravinsky's final completed original composition. Stravinsky had known Lear's poem prior to setting it as it had been the first English language verses his wife Vera had memorized.
The Owl and the Pussycat was released to movie theaters on November 3, 1970, by Columbia Pictures. [1] The accompanying soundtrack was released on vinyl and 8-track cartridge on December 19 of the same year through Columbia Records, [2] [3] featuring five tracks of dialogue spoken by cast members Barbra Streisand and George Segal recorded over music performed by American band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
The Runcible Spoon, in Rye, England; the sign shows an owl and a pussy-cat. "Runcible" is a pseudoword invented by Edward Lear.The word appears (as an adjective) several times in his works, most famously as the "runcible spoon" used by the Owl and the Pussycat. [1]
The Book of Nonsense, "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks , a form he popularised.
The titular cat in "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat", based on Foss. Foss is said to have been the model for the pussycat in Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" illustrations, though he chose to depict a full-length tail. [9] [10] Foss is also mentioned in Lear's poem "How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear":
The Owl and the Pussycat; Windy Nights; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; Sing a Song of Sixpence; The first song is based on "Monday's Child", a fortune-telling song and nursery rhyme. The text of the second song is "The Owl and the Pussycat", a nonsense-poem by Edward Lear published in 1871.