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简介:音乐剧:猫
有史以来最著名的,演出时间最长的音乐剧,从1981年开始风靡世界21年,共以
10几种语言在20几个国家出演无数次.仅仅在伦敦的演出场次就达9000多次!
《猫》(Cats)
类型 :音乐剧
编剧 :Andrew Lloyd Webber
原著 :T.S.艾略特的<<擅长装扮的老猫经>>/Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
音乐 :Andrew Lloyd Webber
舞台设计:John Napier
灯光设计:David Hersey
声乐设计:Martin Levan
舞蹈设计:Gillian Lynne
特点 :音乐、T.S.艾略特的诗、特殊的视觉效果等等。该剧是真正适合各种 文化背景的大众的戏剧。
《猫》,是英国作曲家安德鲁.洛伊德.韦伯(Andrew Lloyd Webber)根据 T.S.艾略特(T. S. Eliot)的诗集谱曲的音乐歌舞剧。自从在1981年伦敦首场演出之后,已经成为讫今以来最著名的歌舞剧。其中的名曲“记忆”,在全世界广为流传。目前,《猫》是世界上票房最高的舞台剧,也是在美国纽约百老汇和英国伦敦西头连续公演最长的舞台剧。
虽然《猫》的世界旅行从欧洲、美洲、澳洲甚至日本,可惜的是它一直没有机会登上中国的舞台。幸好的是在1997年末,韦伯集齐了全世界最精华的演员和剧组人员,制作了《猫》的录像带。从此五彩花猫们再不受舞台的限制,即时是离百老汇冬日花园剧场远隔千里万里,你也一样可以看到席卷世界的,“现在及永远”的,《猫》的风采。
《猫》是世界历史上最成功的音乐剧。其剧作者安德鲁-洛伊德-韦伯是世界音乐剧史上一个极其罕见的天才,他那闪耀着天才光芒的创造才使20世纪下半叶的音乐剧舞台因为《约瑟夫与神奇五彩衣》等一系列美妙无比的音乐剧歌曲……
《猫》曾获得七项托尼奖,包括最佳歌剧。而《记忆》一曲则成为现代音乐中的经典,它的演唱者包括世界闻名的歌手芭芭拉-史翠珊(Barbara Streisand)、拜瑞-曼塔洛(Barry mantilow)和茱迪-柯林丝(Judy collins)。
《猫》曾在阿根廷、澳大利亚、奥地利、加拿大、德国、英国、芬兰、法国、荷兰、香港、匈牙利、冰岛、爱尔兰、日本、朝鲜、墨西哥、新西兰、挪威、俄罗斯、瑞典、瑞士、美国和新加坡等地的250余个剧场演出过。
《猫》剧情简介
第一幕 子夜的舞会使猫疯狂
夜晚,废物堆积场里一片安静,但当第一只杰里可猫出现后,这里立刻活跃起来——夜晚是猫儿的世界,猫儿是夜晚的女王!杰里可猫一只接一只出现,告诉观众猫儿的神秘特性,用歌声歌颂杰里可猫族的永恒!(歌曲:《Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats 杰里可歌颂杰里可猫》)
杰里可猫们告诉观众,给猫命名是件难事,因为猫需要三个不同的名字:一个是平常的居家名字,一个是比较高贵文雅的名字,而且绝对不会和别的猫重复;但还有一个名字是秘密的名字;当猫在沉思时,他就是在思索自己的第三个名字。(歌曲:《The Naming of Cats 猫的命名》)
月光下,纯白的小猫维多利亚Victoria跳起了独舞;很快小黑猫密斯达弗利斯先生Mr.Mistoffelees也出现了,用歌声向所有的猫儿发出杰里可舞会的邀请。猫族的保护者,强健的灰猫蒙可斯屈普Munkustrap告诉小猫们,今夜是一年一度的杰里可舞会,猫族的领袖老狄尤特洛诺米Old Deuteronomy将选出一只猫登上猫族的天堂——九重天,并且获得重生!(歌曲:《The Invitation of the Jellicle Ball 杰里可舞会的邀请》)
蒙可斯屈普向大家介绍一只老甘比猫——珍妮安点点Jennyanydots;杰莉罗伦Jellylorum、波芭露丽娜Bombalurina和迪米特Demeter告诉大家:虽然珍妮安点点白天总是坐着睡觉,但到了晚上她就开始了忙碌——她教老鼠缝纫和礼仪,还给蟑螂组织了一支童子军!(歌曲:《The Old Gumbie Cat 老甘比猫》)
杰里可猫族中的摇滚明星和花花公子般的兰·堂·塔格Rum Tum Tugger突然来了,年轻的母猫和小猫们都疯狂的追随他舞蹈,而成年公猫和老猫们则都不以为然,但是,没有什么能够改变塔格!(歌曲:《The Rum Tum Tugger 兰·堂·塔格》)
一只丑陋的老母猫突然出现在废物堆积场,小猫们好奇的接近她,却被年长的猫拉开了;年轻的母猫迪米特和波芭露丽娜告诉小猫:她曾经是杰里可猫族中最美丽的母猫,格瑞泽贝拉Grizabella,被称为魅力猫。但因为她早年的离去,猫族不愿原谅她。(歌曲:《Grizabella: The Glamour Cat 格瑞泽贝拉:魅力猫》)
肥胖的猫中贵族巴斯特弗·琼斯Bustopher Jones也来了,所有的猫儿都以向他问好为荣;他整天就是吃,但仍认为自己保养的很好,尚处于全盛时期。(歌曲:《Bustopher Jones 巴斯特弗·琼斯》)
忽然之间,雷声大作,吓坏了的迪米特叫出了邪恶的猫马卡维提Macavity的名字,惊慌的猫群四散奔逃,负责保护猫族的2只年轻公猫蒙可斯屈普和阿隆佐Alonzo在巡逻一返后也下场了;这时,2只淘气的小偷猫——蒙哥杰瑞Mungojerre和兰普蒂瑟Rumpleteaser出现了,他们得意扬扬的向观众介绍自己:他们是一对恶名昭著的捣蛋鬼,专门给他们的主人添麻烦,但却从来没被惩罚过。(歌曲:《Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer 蒙哥杰瑞和兰普蒂瑟》)
有着神秘魔力的密斯达弗利斯以及孪生猫考瑞考帕特Coriocopat与坦托米尔Tantomile感觉到了老狄尤特洛诺米即将到来,蒙可斯屈普和兰·堂·塔格告诉小猫们,老狄尤特洛诺米是一只德高望重的老猫;杰里可猫族的领袖终于来了,猫儿们一片欢腾!(歌曲:《Old Deuteronomy 老狄尤特洛诺米》)
杰里可猫们为他们的领袖准备了一出名为“狗咬狗的恐怖事件”的喜剧,母猫们扮演北京狗、公猫们扮演波里可狗,还有一只小猫扮演猫族的超人:“伟大的兰帕斯猫The Great Rumpus Cat”;但是在表演的时候,除了认真的蒙可斯屈普,其他的猫不是唱错了时间就是站错了位置,结果成了一出滑稽的闹剧,让蒙可斯屈普头疼不已。(歌曲:《The Pekes and the Pollicles 狗咬狗的恐怖事件》)
电闪雷鸣,邪恶的猫马卡维提在废物场边一闪而过,除了蒙可斯屈普和老狄尤特洛诺米,所有的猫儿都恐惧的躲藏起来;老狄尤特洛诺米用歌声安慰受惊的小猫们,猫儿们重新回到场上,快乐的杰里可舞会开始了!在这个部分中,有一段双人舞,象征了小母猫维多利亚的破贞仪式。在此之后,除了老狄尤特洛诺米和蒙可斯屈普,猫儿们都少事休息,小睡片刻……考瑞考帕特和坦托米尔突然醒来,密斯达弗利斯发现原来是格瑞泽贝拉在场边偷看,阿隆佐赶走了她,猫儿们又继续欢乐的舞会。(歌曲:《The Jellicle Ball 杰里可舞会》)
格瑞泽贝拉又来到场上,猫儿们都避开她;月光下,孤独的格瑞泽贝拉回忆着自己年轻美丽时幸福的时光,老狄尤特洛诺米同情的向她伸出手(爪子?),但她没有看见,黯然离开了。(歌曲:《Memory 回忆》)
第一幕终
第二幕 “夏天为何迟到,时光怎样流逝”
老狄尤特洛诺米告诉猫儿们,幸福的含义不仅仅是现在,也包括过去那些不能遗忘的事情;月光下,杰里可猫族中最年幼的小猫杰米玛Jemima唱起了格瑞泽贝拉的歌,猫儿们都流露出感动的表情。(歌曲:《The Moments of Happiness 幸福时刻》《Memory 回忆》)
杰莉罗伦带来了剧院的老猫格斯Gus,格斯现在虽然年老体弱、疾病缠身,但当他年轻的时候,他可是剧院里一颗闪耀的明星!(歌曲:《Gus the Theatre Cat 剧院猫格斯》)
格斯的回忆起他最得意的作品——《格罗泰格的最后一战》:大海盗格罗泰格Growltiger在海上危害四方,一天他见到美丽的母猫格琳德波尔Griddlebone,受其迷惑,终于在敌人的追杀下落水而亡。这一段中,格斯扮演格罗泰格,杰莉罗伦扮演格琳德波尔,年轻的公猫们扮演格罗泰格率领的海盗团和追杀他的暹罗猫。(歌曲:《Growltiger's Last Stand 格罗泰格的最后一战》《The Ballad of Billy M'Caw 比利·麦考尔的叙事诗》《In Quella Tepida Notte》)
老狄尤特洛诺米和杰米玛向大家介绍铁路猫斯金伯山克斯Skimbleshanks,他是一只在火车上工作的猫;斯金伯山克斯告诉小猫们关于卧铺车厢的一切,只要有他在,火车的运行就一切正常,因为负责的斯金伯不允许出任何乱子。猫儿们甚至用废物场的杂物搭出了一列火车!(歌曲:《Skimbleshanks 斯金伯山克斯》)
邪恶的马卡维提终于闯进舞会,劫走了老狄尤特洛诺米,蒙可斯屈普和公猫们追踪而去;母猫迪米特和波芭露丽娜告诉小猫:马卡维提是犯罪大师,但却从未被捕获,因为每当罪行被发现时,他早已不在现场;公猫们回到废物场,但没有找到马卡维提的踪迹;马卡维提扮成老狄尤特洛诺米的样子来到场上,被迪米特识破,他又试图绑架迪米特,但蒙可斯屈普和阿隆佐与他展开搏斗,阻止了他的恶行;最后马卡维提在猫群的围攻下逃离,同时拉断了电线,导致全场黑暗。(歌曲:《Macavity 马卡维提》)
马卡维提逃走了,杰里可猫必须要去寻找老狄尤特洛诺米,这时兰·堂·塔格从藏身之处出来,告诉大家神奇的密斯达弗利斯先生能帮忙,他是一只会魔法的猫;密斯达弗利斯先生从天而降,用魔力使场上的电灯重新点亮,然后让卡桑德拉协助他变回了老狄尤特洛诺米,猫儿们高兴的一起称赞他是最聪明的猫,而密斯达弗利斯先生最后神奇的在大家面前突然消失在空气中!(歌曲:《The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees 神奇的密斯达弗利斯先生》)
老狄尤特洛诺米将做杰里可抉择,这时小猫杰米玛突然唱起格瑞泽贝拉的歌;格瑞泽贝拉又出现了,她悲哀的回忆着过去,同时盼望能够获得新的生活;纯洁的白猫维多利亚首先对她表示同情,杰里可猫们终于原谅了她,接纳她回到族中。(歌曲:《Memory 回忆》)
老狄尤特洛诺米选择格瑞泽贝拉是今年获得重生的猫,猫儿们欢送她登上了通往九重天之路!(歌曲:《The Journey to the Heaviside Layer 通往九重天之路》)
老狄尤特洛诺米告诉观众,猫儿需要得到人类的尊重,你必须平等的对待猫,才能和猫成为真正的朋友,猫和人类没什么不同。(歌曲:《The Ad-dressing of Cats 对待猫的态度》)
全剧终
从诗歌到音乐剧——《猫》的演变
安德鲁·劳伊德·韦伯(Andrew Lloyd Webber)1977年开始着手将艾略特的诗集《擅长装扮的老猫经》(Old Possum’s Bood of Practical)改为音乐,部分是因为他对小时候读过的这本书有深刻印象,部分是因为他想根据现有的诗篇来创作音乐。
《擅长装扮的老猫经》中的诗句特别有音乐性,
具有属于自身的节奏感,比如“若腾塔格”或“老杜特洛内米”,尽管有些词句非常适合用音乐来编配,但仍有相当多不规则和激动人心的词句对作曲家构成了挑战。
安德鲁·劳伊德·韦伯第一次先用钢琴为朋友演奏了早期的片段,后来才在辛德蒙顿节日上演出。T.S.艾略特的遗孀瓦莱里·艾略特也参加了音乐会并带来了他丈夫生前尚未出版的作品,其中就有《魅力猫-格里泽贝拉Grizabella》,这正是剧中演唱歌曲《回忆》的角色。
第一次的制作演出导演是特雷沃尔·努恩(Trevor Nunn),剧中他解决了许多人们认为无法结局的戏剧问题,后来他与安德鲁·劳伊德·韦伯合作执导《猫》,使其成为经久不衰的经典剧目。
舞蹈的原创者是吉莉安·林妮(Gillian Lynne),她不想运用已有的舞蹈风格,而是代之以新概念和充满能量的独创风格。这种充满力量的不寻常练习使得演员获得了最自由的表现力。林妮在观察了《猫》之后,发现猫具有孤癖,冷淡,多情,充满柔韧性与神秘感等特征,于是他以这些特征创作出了《猫》的舞蹈。
就在商讨《猫》登台演出事宜时,制作班子觉得演出的先决条件是先要有一个可以控制演出气氛的环境,这种气氛这应该在演出开始之前便形成。
服装设计师约翰·纳皮尔(John Napier)于1980年11月开始了他的设计工作,并设法创作一个猫儿们聚集一堂的场景。他根据T.S.艾略特的诗集,结合了猫和人类的因素,为每一只猫设计了服装。绝大多数的服装都很柔韧而易于移动,而且带有强烈的舞蹈特质。每一个猫必须有独特的化妆,以此来凸现他们的个性。
《猫》在1981年5月11日首演于新伦敦剧院。如同其他著名剧目一样,《猫》的诞生并不轻松。人们认为上演一部取材于儿童诗作的音乐剧只会带来灾难性的后果。
事实上,直到演出的当天晚上才筹集到制作产品的投资,剧院的老板已经丧失信心,还想要违约退出。格里泽贝拉猫(Grizabella)的最初扮演者是著名英国女演员朱迪·登切(Judi Dench),后来在排练期间她患上了严重的跟腱炎,所以才不得不在首演前五天替换著名的伊莲·佩吉(Elaine Page)来担任这个角色。
《猫》在全世界的演出历程
●1981年5月11日首演于伦敦西区的新伦敦剧院
●1982年在纽约百老汇大街公演。
●1989年—1995年伦敦以外英国的13个城市巡演
●曾先后在世界55个城市巡演或长期上演。
●在亚洲的东京、汉城、新加坡、香港等城市演出
●长期在固定剧院上演的有:
伦敦1981年5月11日—2002年5月11日
纽约1982年10月7日—2000年9月10日
汉堡1986年4月18日—2001年1月28日
维也纳1983年11月—1995年12月
赫尔辛基1986年9月—1988年12月
布达佩斯1983年3月25日至今仍在上演
斯图加特为期3年的演出将在2003年的6月结束。
●2003年3-7月在上海、北京演出




《猫》剧本歌词
Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats 杰里可歌颂杰里可猫
Are you blind when you're born?
Can you see in the dark?
Dare you look at a king?
Would you sit on his throne?
Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark?
Are you cock of the walk when you're walking alone?
Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles would
Jellicles would and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
When you fall on your head,
Do you land on your feet?
Are you tense when you sense
There's a storm in the air?
Can you find your way blind
When you're lost in the street?
Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?
Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?
Familiar with candle, with book, and with bell?
Were you Whittington's friend?
The Pied Piper's assistant?
Have you been an alumnus of heaven and hell?
Are you mean like a minx?
Are you lean like a lynx?
Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?
Were you there when the pharaohs commissioned the Sphinx?
If you were and you are, you're a Jellicle Cat!
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
We can dive through the air like a flying trapeze
We can turn double somersaults, bounce on a tire
We can run up a wall, we can swing through the trees
We can balance on bars, we can walk on a wire
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Can you sing at the same time in more than one key?
Duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss?
And can you (as cats do) begin with a 'C'?
That always triumphantly brings down the house?
Jellicle Cats are queen of the nights
Singing at astronomical heights
Handling pieces from 'The Messiah'
Hallelujah, angelical choir
The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
'Round the cathedral rang 'Vivat'
Life to the everlasting cat!
Feline, fearless, faithful and true
To others who do what
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicle Cats sing Jellicle Chants
Jellicles old and Jellicles new
Jellicle song and Jellicle dance
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Practical cats, dramatical cats, pragmatical cats, fanatical cats
Oratorical cats, delphicoracle cats, skeptical cats, dispeptical cats
Romantical cats, pedantical cats, critical parasitical cats, allegorical cats
Metaphorical cats, statistical cats, and mystical cats
Political cats, hypocritical cats, clerical cats, hysterical cats
Cynical cats, rabbinical cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle Cats
There's a man over there with a look of surprise
As much as to say as to say now, well how about that?
Do I actually see with my own very eyes
A man who's not heard of a Jellicle Cat?
What's a Jellicle Cat?
What's a Jellicle Cat?
猫的命名 The Naming of Cats
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter
It isn't just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey
All of them are sensible, everyday names
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter
But all of them sensible, everyday names
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular
A name that's peculiar and more dignified
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?
Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat
Such as Bombalurina or else Jellylorum
Names that never belong to more than one cat
But above and beyond, there's still one name left over
And that is the name that you never will guess
The name that no human research can discover
But the cat himself knows and will never confess
When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought
Of the thought
Of the thought
Of his name
His ineffable
Effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular
Name, name, name, name, name, name, name
杰里可舞会的邀请 The Invitation of the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats come out tonight
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats meet once a year
At the Jellicle Ball
Where we all rejoice
And the Jellicle leader will soon appear
And make what is known as the Jellcle Choice
When Old Deuteronomy, just before dawn
Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife
Announces the Cat who can now be reborn
And come back to a different Jellicle life
For waiting up there is the Heaviside Layer
With wonders one Jellicle only will see
And Jellicles ask, Because Jellicles dare:
"Who will it be?"
老甘比猫 The Old Gumbie Cat
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
Her name is Jennyanydots
Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots
All day she sits beneath the stairs or on the steps or on the mat
She sits and sits and sits and sits and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
That's what makes a Gumbie Cat
But...
When the day's hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun
And when all the family's in bed and asleep,
She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice:
Their behavior's not good and their manners not nice
So when she has got them lined up on the matting
She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind
Her name is Jennyanydots
The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots
She sits upon the windowsill or anything that's smooth and flat
She sits and sits and sits and sits and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
That's what makes a Gumbie Cat
But...
When the day's hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.
As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet,
She is sure it is due to irregular diet;
And believing that nothing is done without trying,
She sets right to work with her baking and frying.
She makes them a mouse-cake of bread and dried peas,
And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese.
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
The curtain-cord she likes to wind, and tie it into sailor knots.
She sits upon the window-sill or anything that's smooth and flat;
She sits and sits and sits and sits and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat!
But...
When the day's hustle and bustle is done,
Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun.
She thinks that the cockroaches just need employment
To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment.
So she's formed, from that lot of disorderly louts,
A troop of well-disciplined helpful boy-scouts,
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do
And she's even created a Beetles Tattoo!
For she's a jolly good fellow!
Thank you, my dears!
兰·堂·塔格 The Rum Tum Tugger
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
If you offer me pheasant, I'd rather have grouse
If you put me in a house, I would much prefer a flat
If you put me in a flat, then I'd rather have a house
If you set me on a mouse, then I only want a rat
If you set me on a rat, then I'd rather chase a mouse
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to shout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!
The Rum Tum Tigger is a terrible bore
When you let me in, then I want to go out
I'm always on the wrong side of every door
And as soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about
I like to lie in the bureau drawer,
But I make such a fuss if I can't get out
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for you to doubt it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast
My disobliging ways are a matter of habit
If you offer me fish, then I always want a feast
When there isn't any fish, then I won't eat rabbit
If you offer me cream, then I sniff and snear
For I only like what I find for myself
So you'll catch me in it right up to my ears
If you put it away on the larder shelf
The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger
Doesn't care for a cuddle
But I'll leap upon your lap in the middle of your sewing
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle!
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to spout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!
格瑞泽贝拉:魅力猫 Grizabella: The Glamour Cat
Remark the cat who hesitates toward you
In the light of the door which opens on her like a grin
You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand
And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin
She haunted many a low resort near the grimy road of Tottenham Court
She flitted about the No Man's Land
From "The Rising Sun" to "The Friend at Hand"
And the postman sighed as he scratched his head
"You'd really had thought she ought to be dead"
And who would ever suppose that that was Grizabella the glamour cat
Grizabella, the glamour cat, Grizabella, the glamour cat
Who would ever suppose that that was Grizabella the glamour cat
巴斯特弗·琼斯 Bustopher Jones
Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones
In fact, he's remarkably fat
He doesn't haunt pubs, he has eight or nine clubs
For he's the St. James Street cat
He's the cat we all greet as we walk down the street
In his coat of fastidious black
No common-place mousers have such well-cut trousers
Or such an impeccable back
In the whole of St. James's the smartest of names is
The name of this Brummell of cats
And we're all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to
By Bustopher Jones in white spats
My visits are occasional to the senior educational
And it is against the rules
For any one cat to belong both to that
And the joint superior schools
When I'm seen in a hurry there's probably curry
At the Siamese or at the Glutton
When I look full of gloom then I've lunched at the tomb
On cabbage, rice pudding and mutton
In the whole of St. James's the smartest of names is
The name of this Brummell of cats
And we're all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to
By Bustopher Jones in white, Bustopher Jones in white
Bustopher Jones in white spats
So much in this way passes Bustopher's day
At one club or another he's found
It can be no surprise that under our eyes
He has grown unmistakably round
He's a twenty-five pounder or I am a bounder
And he's putting on weight every day
But I'm so well preserved because I've observed
All my life a routine and I'd say
I am still in my prime, I shall last out my time
That's the word from this stoutest of cats
It must and it shall be spring in Pall Mall
While Bustopher Jones wears white, Bustopher Jones wears white
Bustopher Jones wears white spats
蒙哥杰瑞与兰普蒂瑟 Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were a notorious couple of cats
As knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians
Tight-rope walkers and acrobats
They had an extensive reputation, made their home in Victoria Grove
That was merely their center of operation for they were incurably given to rove
If the area window was found ajar and the basement looked like a field of war
If a tile or two came loose on the roof which presently ceased to be waterproof
If the drawers were pulled out from bedroom chests
And you couldn't find one of your winter vests
Or after supper one of the girls suddenly missed her Woolworth pearls
Then the family would say "It's that horrible cat!
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer!"
And most of the time they left it at that
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer had an unusual gift of the gab
They were highly efficient cat burglars as welland remarkably smart at a smash
and grab
They made their home in Victoria Grove, they had no regular occupation
They were plausible fellows who liked to engage a friendly policeman in
conversation
When the family assembled for Sunday dinner
Their minds made up that they wouldn't get thinner on
Argentine joint, potatoes and greens
Then the cook would appear from behind the scenes
And say in a voice that was broken with sorrow
"I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow
The joint has gone from the oven like that!"
Then the family would say "It's that horrible cat!
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer!"
And most of the time they left it at that
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer had a wonderful way of working together
And some of the time you would say it was luck and some of the time you would
say it was weather
They'd go through the house like a hurricane and no sober person could take his
oath
Wasn't it Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer? Or could you have sworn that it
mightn't be both?
When you heard a dining room smash or up from the pantry there came a loud crash
Or down from the library came a loud ping
From a vase which was commonly said to be Ming
Then the family would say, "Now which was which cat?
It was Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer and there's nothing at all to be done about that!"
老狄尤特洛诺米 Old Deuteronomy
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Well, of all things can it be really
No, Yes, H o, Hi, Oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering, but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time
He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession
He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession
Old Deuteronomy's buried nine wives
And more I am tempted to say ninety-nine
And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives
And the village is proud of him in his decline
At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy
When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall
The oldest inhabitant croaks
Well, of all things can it be really
No, Yes, H o, Hi, Oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering, but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Old Deuteronomy sits in the street,
He sits in the High Street on market day;
The bullocks may below, the sheep they may bleat,
But the dogs and the herdsmen will turn them away.
The cats and the lorrie run over the kerb,
And the villagers put up a notice: ROAD CLOSED --
So that nothing untoward may chance to disturb
Deuteronomy's reset when he feels so disposed
Or when he's engaged in domestic economy:
And the Oldest Inhabitant croaks
Well, of all things can it be really
No, Yes, H o, Hi, Oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering, but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Old Deuteronomy lies on the floor
Of the Fox and French Horn for his afternoon sleep;
And when the men say: 'There's just time for one more,"
Then the landlady from her back parlour will peep
And say: "Now then, out you go, by the back door,
For Old Deuteronomy mustn't be woken --
I'll have the police if there's any uproar" --
And out they all shuffle, without a word spoken.
The digestive repose of that feline's gastronomy
Must never be borken, whatever befall:
And the Oldest Inhabitant croaks: "Well, of all ...
Well, of all things can it be really
No, Yes, H o, Hi, Oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering, but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Well, of all things can it be really
No, Yes, H o, Hi, Oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering, but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Well, of all things can it be really
No, Yes, H o, Hi, Oh my eye!
My legs may be tottery I must go slow
And be careful of Old Deuteronomy
狗咬狗的恐怖事件 The Pekes and the Pollicles
Of the awful battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles
Together with some account
Of the participation of the Pugs and the Poms
And the intervention of the Great Rumpus Cat
The Pekes and the Pollicles everyone knows
Are proud and implacable passionate foes
It is always the same wherever one goes
And the Pugs and the Poms although most people say
That they do not like fighting yet once in a way
They now and again join into the fray
And they...
Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Bark! Bark! BARK! BARK!
Until you can hear them all over the Park
Now on the occasion of which I shall speak
Almost nothing had happened for nearly a week
And that's a long time for a Pol or a Peke
The big Police Dog was away from his beat
I don't know the reason, but most people think
He'd slipped into the Wellington's Arms for a drink
And no one at all was about on the street
When a Peke and a Pollicle happened to meet
They did not advance or exactly retreat
But they glared at each other and scraped their hind feet
And started to...
Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Bark! Bark! BARK! BARK!
Until you can hear them all over the Park
And they...
Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Bark! Bark! BARK! BARK!
Until you can hear them all over the Park
Now the Peke although people may say what they please
Is no British Dog, but a Heathen Chinese
And so all the Pekes, when they heard the uproar
Some came to the window, some came to the door
There were surely a dozen, more likely a score
And together they started to grumble and wheeze
In their huffery-snuffery Heathen Chinese
But a terrible din is what Pollicles like
For your Pollicle Dog is a dour Yorkshire tyke
There are dogs out of every nation
The Irish, the Welsh and the Dane
The Russian, the Dutch, the Dalmatian
And even from China and Spain,
The Poodle, the Pom, the Alsatian
And the mastiff who walks on a chain
And to those that are frisky and frollical
Let my meaning be perfectly plain
That my name it is Little Tom Pollicle
And you'd better not do it again
And his braw Scottish cousins are snappers and biters
And every dog-jack of them notable fighters
And so they stepped out with their pipers in order
Playing When the Blue Bonnets Come Over the Border
Then the Pug and the Poms held no longer aloof
But some from the balcony, some from the roof
Join to the din with a...
Bark! Bark! Bark! Bark!
Bark! Bark! BARK! BARK!
Until you can hear them all over the Park
Huffary Snuffary! Huffary Snuffary!
Huffary Snuffary! Huffary Snuff!
Until you can hear them all over the Park
When these bold heroes together assembled
The traffic all stopped, and the Underground trembled
And some of the neighbors were so much afraid
That they started to ring up the Fire Brigade
When suddenly, up from the a small basement flat
Why who should stalk out but the Great Rumpus Cat
His eyes were like fireballs fearfully blazing
He gave a great yawn and his jaws were amazing
And when he looked out through the bars of the area
You never saw anything fiercer or hairier
And what with the glare of his eyes and his yawning
The Pekes and the Pollicles quickly took warning
He looked at the sky and he gave a great leap
And they every last one of them scattered like sheep
And when the Police Dog returned to his beat
There wasn't a single one left in the street
All hail and all power to the Great Rumpus Cat!
Jellicle cats and dogs all must
Pollice Dogs and cats all must
Like undertakers come to dust
杰里可舞会 The Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats come out tonight
Jellicle Cats come one come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle Cats are black and white
Jellicle Cats are rather small
Jellicle Cats are merry and bright
And pleasant to hear when we caterwaul
Jellicle Cats have cheerful faces
Jellicle cats have bright black eyes
We like to practice our airs and graces
And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise
Jellicle Cats develop slowly
Jellicle cats are not too big
Jellicle cats are roly-poly
We know how to dance a Gavotte and a jig
Until the Jellicle Moon appears
Make our toilette and take our repose
Jellicles wash behind their ears
Jellicles dry between their toes
Jellicle cats are white and black
Jellicle cats are of moderate size
Jellicles jump like a jumping jack
Jellicle cats have moonlit eyes
We're quiet enough in the morning hours
We're quiet enough in the afternoon
Reserving our terpsichorean powers
To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon
Jellicle cats are black and white
Jellicle cats as we said are small
If it happens to be a stormy night
We will practice a caper or two in the hall
If it happens the sun is shining bright
You would say we had nothing to do at all
We are resting and saving ourselves to be right
For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
回忆之一 Memory No.1(很经典)
Silence (Midnight), not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory,
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan.
Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters, And soon it will be morning.
Memory. All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then.
I remember the time I knew what happiness was,
Let the memory live again.
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幸福时刻 The Moments of Happiness
The moments of happiness
We had the experience but missed the meaning
And approach to the meaning restores the experience.
In a different form beyond any meaning we can assign to happiness
The past experience revived in the meaning
Is not the experience of one life only
But of many generations
Not forgetting something that is probably quite ineffable
Moonlight
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
剧院猫格斯 Gus the Theatre Cat
Gus is the cat at the theatre door
His name as I ought to have told you before
Is really Asparagus, but that's such a fuss to pronounce
That we usually call him just Gus
His coat's very shabby, he's thin as a rake
And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake
Yet he was in his youth quite the Smartest of Cats
But no longer a terror to mice or to rats
For he isn't the cat that he was in his prime
Though his name was quite famous, he says, in his time
And whenever he joins his friends at their club
(Which takes place at the back of the neighboring pub)
He loves to regale them, if someone else pays
With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days
For he once was a star of the highest degree
He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree
And he likes to relate his success on the halls
Where the gallery once gave him seven cat calls
But his greatest creation as he loves to tell
Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell
I have played in my time every possible part
And I used to know seventy speeches by heart
I'd extemporize backchat, I knew how to gag
And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag
I knew how to act with my back and my tail
With an hour of rehearsal, I never could fail
I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts
Whether I took the lead, or in character parts
I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell
When the curfew was rung then I swung on the bell
In the pantomime season, I never fell flat
And I once understudied Dick Whittington's cat
But my grandest creation, as history will tell
Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell
Then if someone will give him a toothful of gin
He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne
At a Shakespeare performance, he once walked on pat
When some actor suggested the need for a cat
And I say now these kittens, they do not get trained
As we did in the days when Victoria reigned
They never get drilled in a regular troupe
And they think they are smart just to jump through a hoop
And he says as he scratches himself with his claws
Well theatre is certainly not what is was
These modern productions are all very well
But there's nothing to equal from what I hear tell
That moment of mystery when I made history
As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell
I once crossed the stage on a telegraph wire
To rescue a child when a house was on fire
And I think that I still can much better than most
Produce blood-curdling noises to bring on the Ghost
And I once played Growltiger
Could do it again, could do it again
Could do it again . . .
格罗泰格的最后一战 Growltiger's Last Stand
Growltiger was a Bravo Cat, who travelled on a barge:
In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large.
From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims,
Rejoicing in his title of the "Terror of the Thames".
His manners and appearance did not calculate to please;
His coat was torn and seedy, it was baggy at the knees;
One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why,
And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye.
The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame;
At Hammersmith and Putney, people shuddered at his name.
They would fortify the hen house, lock up the silly goose,
When the rumor ran along the shore: Growltiger's om the loose!
Woe to the weak canary, that fluttered from its cage;
Woe to the pampered Pekinese, that faced Growltiger's rage;
Woe the bristly Bandicoot, that lurks on foreign ships,
And woe to any Cat with whom Growltiger came to grips!
But most to Cats of foreign race his hatred had been vowed;
To Cats of foreign name and race, no quarter was allowed.
The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear --
Because it was a Siamese had mauled his missing ear.
Now on a peaceful summer night, all nature seemed at play,
The tender moon was shining bright, the barge at Molesey lay.
All in the balmy moonlight it lay rocking on the tide --
And Growltiger was disposed to show his sentimental side.
His bucko mate, Grumbuskin, long since had disappeared,
For to the Bell at Hampton he had gone to wet his heard;
And his bosun, Tumblebrutus, he too had stol'n away --
In the yard behind the Lion he was prowling for his prey.
In the forepeak of the vessel, Growltiger sate alone,
Concentrating his attention on the Lady Griddlebone.
And his raffish crew were sleeping in their barrels and their bunks --
As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks.
Growltiger had no eye or ear for aught but Griddlebone,
And the Lady seemed enraptured by his manly baritone,
Disposed to relaxation, and awaiting no surprise --
But the moonlight shone reflected from a thousand bright blue eyes.
And closer still and closer the sampans circled round,
And yet from all the enemy there was not heard a sound.
The lovers sang their last duet, in danger of their lives --
For the foe was armed with toasting forks and cruel carving knives.
Then Genghis gave the signal to his fierce Mongolian horde;
With a frightful burst of fireworks the Chinks they swarmed aboard.
Abandoning their sampans, and their pullaways and junks,
They battened down the hatches on the crew within their bunks.
Then Griddlebone she gave a screech, for she was badly skeered;
I am sorry to admit it, but she quickly disappeared.
She probably escaped with ease, I'm sure she was not drowned --
But a serried ring of flashing steel Growltiger did surround.
The ruthless foe presssed forward, in stubborn rank on rank;
Growltiger to his vast surprise was forced to walk the plank.
He who a hundred victims had driven to that drop,
At the end of all his crimes was forced to go ker-flip, ker-flop.
Oh there was joy in Wapping when the news flew through the land;
At Maidenhead and Henley there was dancing on the Strand.
Rats were roasted whole in Brentford and Victoria Dock,
And a day of celebration was commanded in Bangkok!
These modern productions are all very well
But there's nothing to equal from what I hear tell
That moment of mystery when I made history
比利·麦考尔的叙事诗 The Ballad of Billy M'Caw
Oh, how well I remember the Old Bull and Bush
Where we used to go down on a Saturday night
Where when anything happened, it come with a rush
For the boss, Mr. Clark, he was very polite
A very nice house, from basement to garret
A very nice house
Ah, but it was the parrot
The parrot, the parrot named Billy McCaw
That brought all those folks to the bar
Ah, he was the life of the bar
Of a Saturday night, we was all feeling bright
And Lily La Rose, the barmaid that was
She'd say, "Billy, Billy McCaw!
Come give us, come give us a dance on the bar!"
And Billy would dance on the bar
And Billy would dance on the bar
And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
And emotion would make us all order more beer
Lily, she was a girl what had brains in her 'ead
She wouldn't have nothing, no not that much said
If it come to an argument or a dispute
She'd settle it offhand with the toe of her boot
Or as likely as not put a fist through your eye
Or when we was happy and just a bit dry
Or when we was thirsty and just a bit sad,
She would rap on the bar with that corkscrew she 'ad
And say
"Billy, Billy McCaw!
"Come give us a tune on your pastoral flute!"
And Billy'd strike up on his pastoral flute
And Billy'd strike up on his pastoral flute
And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
And emotion would make us all order more beer
"Billy, Billy McCaw!
Come give us a tune on your moley guitar!"
And Billy'd strike up on his moley guitar
And Billy'd strike up on his moley guitar
And then we'd feel balmy, in each eye a tear
And emotion would make us all order more beer
Billy, Billy McCaw!
Come give us a tune on your moley guitar
Ah! He was the life of the bar.
注:《比利·麦考尔的叙事诗》是《格罗泰格的最后一战》当中的插入部分。
斯金伯山克斯 Skimbleshanks
Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat the cat of the railway train
There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine
When the night mail's ready to depart
Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble? Has he gone to hunt the thimble?
We must find him or the train can't start!"
All the guards and all the porters and the stationmaster's daughters
Would be searching high and low
Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble? For unless he's very nimble
Then the night mail just can't go!"
At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue
And the passengers all frantic to a man
That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear
I'd been busy in the luggage van!
Then gave one flash of his glass-green eyes
And the signal went "All clear!"
They'd be off at last for the northern part of the Northern Hemisphere
Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, the cat of the railway train
You might say that by and large it was me who was in charge
Of the Sleeping Car Express
From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards
I would supervise them all more or less
Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces
Of the travelers in the first and the third
He established control by a regular patrol
And he'd know at once if anything occurred
He would watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking
And it's certain that he didn't approve
Of hilarity and riot, so the folk were very quiet
When Skimble was about and on the move
You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks
He's a cat that couldn't be ignored
So nothing went wrong on the Northern Mail
When Skimbleshanks was aboard
It was very pleasant when they'd foud their little den
With their name wrtten up on the door
And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet on
And not a speck of dust on the floor
There was every sort of light you make it dark or bright
And a button you could turn to make a breeze
And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in
And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze
Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly
Do you like your morning tea weak or strong
But I was just behind him and was ready to remind him
For Skimble won't let anything go wrong
When they crept into their cozy berth and pulled the counterpane
They ought to reflect that it was very nice
To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice
They can leave all that to the Railway Cat
The cat of the railway train
Skimbleshanks the railway cat the cat of the railway train
In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright
Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea
With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was keeping on the watch
Only stopping here and there to catch a flea
They were fast asleep at Crewe
And so they never knew that I was walking up and down the station
They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle
Where I met the stationmaster with elation
They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police
If there was anything they ought to know about
When they got to Gallowgate, there they did not have to wait
For Skimbleshanks will help them to get out
And he gives you a wave of his long brown tail
Which says, "I'll see you again"
You'll meet without fail on the Midnight Mail
The cat of the railway train
You'll meet without fail on the Midnight Mail
The cat of the railway train
马卡维提 Macavity
Macavity's a mystery cat: He's called the Hidden Paw
For he's a master criminal who can defy the law
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair
For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare
And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there
You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air
But I tell you once and once again Macavity's not there!
Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin
You'd know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in
His brow is deeply lined in thought, his head is highly domed
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed
He sways his head from side to side with movements like a snake
And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He's a fiend in feline shape, monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square,
But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!
He's outwardly respectable, I know he cheats at cards
And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's
And when the larder's looted or the jewel case is rifled
Or when the milk is missing or another Peke's been stifled
Or the greenhouse glass is broken and the trellis past repair
There's the wonder of the thing Macavity's not there!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
There never was a cat of such deceitfulness and suavity
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spare
Whatever time the deed took place Macavity wasn't there!
And they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known
I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone
Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time
Just controls the operations: the Napoleon of Crime!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square
But when a crime's discovered then Macavity, Macavity
Macavity, Macavity
When a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!
Macavity's not there!
We have to find Old Deuteronomy...
神奇的密斯达弗利斯先生 The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees
You ought ask Mr. Mistoffelees
The original Conjuring Cat
The greatest magicians have something to learn
From Mr. Mistoffolees Conjuring Turn
And you'll all say:
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
He is quiet, he is small, he is black
From the ears to the tip of his tail
He can creep through the tiniest crack
He can walk on the narrowest rail
He can pick any card from a pack
He is equally cunning with dice
He is always deceiving you into believing
That he's only hunting for mice
He can play any trick with a cork
Or a spoon and a bit of fish paste
And if you look for a knife or a fork
And you think it is merely misplaced
You have seen it one moment and then it is gone!
But you find it next week lying on the lawn
And we all say:
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
My manner is vague and aloof
You would think there was nobody shyer
But voice has been heard on the roof
When I was curled up by the fire
And have sometimes been heard by the fire
When I was about on the roof
At least they all heard that somebody purred
Which is uncontestable proof of my singular magical powers
And I've known the family to call me in from the garden for hours
While I was asleep in the hall
And not long ago, this phenomenal cat
Produced seven kittens right out of a hat!
And we all say:
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
And not long ago, this phenomenal cat
Produced seven kittens right out of a hat!
And we all say:
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Oh! Well, I never! Was there ever
a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees?
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the magical Mr. Mistoffelees
回忆之二 Memory No.2
Daylight, see the dew on a sunflower
And a rose that is fading
Roses whither away
Like the sunflower I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day
Now Old Deuteronomy just before dawn
Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife
Announces the cat who can now be reborn
And come back to a different Jellicle life
Memory, turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Than a new life will begin
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember a time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of the new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
And the new day will begin
Sunlight, through the trees in summer
Endless masquerading
Like a flower as the dawn is breaking
The memory is fading
Touch me, it's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun
通往九重天之路 The Journey to the Heaviside Layer
Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside Layer
Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside Layer
Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer
Up, up, up past the Russell Hotel
Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside layer
Up, up, up past the Jellicle Moon
Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside Layer
Up, up, up past the Jellicle moon
Up, up, up, up to the Heaviside Layer
The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
Round the cathedral rang 'Vivat'
Life to the everlasting cat!
对待猫的态度 The Ad-dressing of Cats
You've heard of several kinds of cat
And my opinion now is that
You should need no interpreter to understand our character
You've learned enough to take the view
That cats are very much like you
You've seen us both at work and games
And learnt about our proper names
Our habits and habitat
But how would you ad-dress a cat?
So first, your memory I'll jog
And say: a cat is not a dog
So first, your memory I'll jog
And say: a cat is not a dog
With cats, some say one rule is true
Don't speak 'til you are spoken to
Myself, I do not hold with that
I say you should ad-dress a cat
But always bear in mind that he resents familiarity
You bow and taking off your hat, ad-dress him in this form, "O' Cat!"
Before a cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend
A little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream
And you might now and then supply
Some caviar or Straussburg pie
Some potted grouse or salmon paste
He's sure to have his personal taste
And so in time you reach your aim
And call him by his name
A cat's entitled to expect
These evidences of respect
So this is this and that is that
And there's how you ad-dress a cat
A cat's entitled to expect
These evidences of respect
So this is this and that is that
And there's how you ad-dress a cat
THE END
《猫》中的猫儿们
音《猫》中的猫儿多得让你数不清。即便许多看过音乐剧《猫》的人,也还是没有完全弄明白。因为这里面的猫实在太多,而且各有特点,要全部记住确实要伤不少脑筋。
好在《猫》的剧情相当简单,如果你没有记住猫儿的特性,照样能很顺利得看懂这出戏。但是,如果你能对每只猫儿多了解一点,相信一定能让你看得更有意思。
瞧!猫儿们已经迫不及待要亮相了!
Old Deuteronomy老杜特洛内米-----领袖猫
"领袖猫"是猫族的首领,他的年纪很大,而且饱读诗书,充满智慧和经验。在整个部落里,他最受尊敬和爱戴。平时他很少出现在猫族中,日常事务都由年轻的"英雄猫"来处理。但是在一年一度的舞会上,领袖猫是一定会来的,因为只有他才有资格挑选获得重生的猫儿。
"领袖猫"是只几乎没有花纹的大灰猫。与其他猫儿不同,他的皮是像斗篷一样披在身上的,这显得他身材十分硕大。他的个子也很高,在舞台上比其他的猫更有气势。
Grizabella格里泽贝拉猫------魅力猫
"魅力猫"是全剧最重要的角色。她年轻时是猫族里最美丽的母猫。可是后来她厌倦了猫群的生活,离开了猫族去看外面的世界。然而,外面的世界显然并没有令"魅力猫"更快乐,当她再次回到猫族的时候,"魅力猫"已经变成了一只蓬头垢面,苍老丑陋的老猫了。猫儿们不愿接受这个背叛猫族的流浪者,整个猫族对她非常敌视。
"魅力猫"身上的灰土掩盖了她的本来毛色,从她的头发和脸庞来看,她的皮毛大概是灰色与黑色相间。与其他猫相比,她的样子最像人类:她长发披肩,身上穿着黑色晚礼服短裙和灰色皮衣,脚上甚至穿了一双高跟鞋。
Munkustrap蒙克斯崔普----英雄猫
"英雄猫"是猫族的二把手。在"领袖猫"不在的时候,他负责照顾整个猫族。在《猫》剧中,他负责解说,并把所有故事串连在一起,因此是剧中最重要的角色之一。
我们还可以看出一些"英雄猫"的特点,他的勇敢,机智和责任心都是猫族中最突出的。
"英雄猫"是一只银灰色夹杂黑色的花猫,与其他猫相比他的个子比较高,属于纤长的体形。他是一只较年轻的成年猫。
Jennyanydots詹尼安点点-----"褓姆猫"
"褓姆猫"是猫族中的褓姆。白天她一般都显得得懒散,整天睡啊睡,最后睡成了一只体态臃肿,但不失可爱的大肥猫。但一到晚上,她便非常繁忙,因为她要训练老鼠织毛衣,还要为蟑螂失业的问题担忧。"褓姆猫"还喜欢对出身望族的同类阿谀奉承。
"褓姆猫"的肤色以灰白色为主,上面还有虎纹与豹斑。她体态臃肿,尤其是下身特别肥大,这是坐得太多的缘故。
Bombalurina邦巴露娜---- "迷人猫"
"迷人猫"是只十分美丽而诱人的猫。她很喜欢和成年的公猫一起说笑。可以说"迷人猫"是剧中成熟女性的代表。在"杰利克之歌"一曲中,也是全剧舞会高潮的一段,整个舞台基本上是阴冷的青蓝色调,唯有"迷人猫"为首的一段舞蹈,舞台上却充溢着温暖明媚的红色灯光。这使她红色的毛皮显得份外艳丽。
"迷人猫"显然和"犯罪猫"认识,甚至有可能是"犯罪猫"以前的伴侣。这从那首著名的"麦卡维蒂"的歌词中可以感受到。
Rum tum tugger若腾塔格-----"摇滚猫"
"摇滚猫"若腾塔格性格反覆無常而且反叛,只喜欢得不到的东西。
他是猫中的摇滚歌星,他的歌也是傲气十足的摇滚乐,最受母猫的欢迎。他在聚光灯的照耀下狂舞,尽情享受母猫们疯狂的迷恋。
"摇滚猫"的个子很高,动作矫健而有爆发力,是只很有男性魅力的成年公猫。
Mistoffelees米斯托弗里----魔术猫
米斯托弗里是只"魔术猫"。他拥有其他猫所没有的魔力,这让他在猫群里受到了广泛的尊敬。"魔术猫"体型轻巧,动作灵敏,可以穿过任何细小的洞口和不可想象的缝隙,也可以连续在舞台上高高跳起。
他最重要的成就是在"领袖猫"被"犯罪猫"劫持之后,用奇异的魔法使场上的电灯重亮,而且成功地"领袖猫"变回。
"魔术猫"全身黑色,只有鼻子,胸前是白色,很少说话。他和"摇滚猫"是非常要好的朋友。
Skimbleshanks史金波旋克斯-----铁路猫
"铁路猫"是很有责任感的猫,卧铺车厢基本上归他全权管理。他在火车上的重要性非常高,火车没有他就不能按时出站。所以我们看到他总是跑东跑西,忙个不停。
"铁路猫"是一只白色带浅黄花纹的成年公猫,他拥有一张十分快乐的脸。
Macavity麦卡维蒂-----"犯罪猫"
"犯罪猫"麦卡维蒂是"犯罪界的拿破仑",罪大恶极却总能逍遥于法外。他率领着一群肮脏的老鼠,做尽了坏事,可是每当大家赶到现场的时候,"犯罪猫"早已不见踪影。
他曾经成功取得"迷人猫"邦巴露娜和蒂米特的欢心,并欲与蒂米特重燃爱火。他把老杜特洛內米掳走,就是要扰乱这个舞会,然后伺机亲近蒂米特。
Victoria维克多利亚---纯白猫
纯白猫的纯白毛色反映了她的天真和单纯,她的纯朴本能促使她乐于帮助弱者。她羞怯地向欲回归猫族的"魅力猫"伸手,却遭到遭"褓姆猫"阻止。
Mungojerry and Rumpleteazer蒙哥杰利与蓝蓓蒂泽---小偷猫
蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂泽都是"小偷猫",他们形影不离,是配合默契的最佳搭档。他们淘气而且顽皮,总在一起做坏事,最喜欢恶作剧和偷窃,而且经常能避过追捕,但最后还是"英雄猫"所悉破和受到惩罚。
Gus格斯----"剧院猫"
格斯是一只剧院里的老猫。他的本名叫阿斯帕拉格斯(Asparagus),可是因为这名字很难念,大家都叫他格斯(Gus)。格斯的年纪相当大,可是"剧院猫"年轻的时候,却是剧团里的风云人物。现在一切都成为回忆,年迈的"剧院猫"只能在酒肆中回味他在聚光灯下的耀眼时光。
在剧中,年迈的"剧院猫"缅怀年轻时扮演"海盗头子"格罗泰格,他向格里德伯恩求爱,但却因他的宿敌出现而无法得逞,最后还被侵略者迫上生命的末路。
Bustopher Jones布斯托夫·琼-----"富贵猫"
"富贵猫"是一只受过教育的、整齐得体的、上层社会的猫。他总是穿最好的衣服,上最好的馆子,这一点,让他在猫族里很受尊敬。"富贵猫"相当胖,他很喜欢吃,然而他却坚持自己保养得很好,仍在最佳状态而并非肥胖。
"富贵猫"全身黑色,只有白色的鼻尖和领口,总是挺着大肚子,舞台上他身穿燕尾服,用小汤勺作拐杖,很有绅士风度。
RumpusCat -----"超人猫"
"超人猫"是猫中的"超人"。他和超人一样拥有无比的威力。当所有狗疯狂地咬在一起打架的时候,"超人猫"只要一现身,就能把他们全吓跑。因此他也是猫中的英雄。
魅力猫
英雄猫
迷人猫
魔术猫
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