for the 1998 filmed version, being the only cast member from the Broadway production to appear in the film. Judi Dench portrayed a female Old Deuteronomy in the 2019 film adaptation. References Print sources General references Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, T.S. Eliot, Harcourt, 1982, A Cat's Diary: How the Broadway Production of Cats was born, Stephen Hanan, Smith & Kraus, 2002, Characters in Cats (musical) Literary characters introduced in 1939