<P> The lyric , written by Cats director Trevor Nunn , was loosely based on T.S. Eliot 's poems `` Preludes '' and `` Rhapsody on a Windy Night '' . '' Andrew Lloyd Webber 's former writing partner Tim Rice and contemporary collaborator Don Black submitted a lyric to the show 's producers for consideration , although Nunn 's version was favoured . Elaine Paige has said that she sang a different lyric to the tune of `` Memory '' for the first ten previews of Cats . </P>
<P> The lyric , written by Cats director Trevor Nunn , was loosely based on T.S. Eliot 's poems `` Preludes '' and `` Rhapsody on a Windy Night '' . '' Andrew Lloyd Webber 's former writing partner Tim Rice and contemporary collaborator Don Black submitted a lyric to the show 's producers for consideration , although Nunn 's version was favoured . Elaine Paige has said that she sang a different lyric to the tune of `` Memory '' for the first ten previews of Cats . </P>
who wrote the lyrics to memory from cats
who wrote the lyrics to memory from cats
Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn