Carbucketty
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Carbucketty is a character from the musical Cats. The name was one of T.S. Eliot's ideas for cat names, for a "knockabout cat".
Carbucketty appeared in both the original London and Broadway shows. In 1987, when the Broadway show was reworked, the character was re-named Mungojerrie. (The actor who played Mungojerrie after the show was reworked, Ray Roderick, had played Carbucketty for a few months prior to the show being reworked. In London, Carbucketty played the role of a kitten. Most fans consider Carbucketty to be a counterpart of Pouncival--a kitten with a similar personality and costumes who appears in many productions around the world. This may be because RUG renamed the character to Pouncival for the video release of the show.
Carbucketty was the original name for the part (London version), in the German and US productions it was named Pouncival. Similarly Jemima was named Syllabub and Bill Bailey was named Tumblebrutus. For the Video it was deemed more sensible for an international market to use the names used abroad, but the part of Carbucketty and Pouncival is one and the same part. For the entire record breaking 21 year run of Cats in London the part was named Carbucketty and was played by performers such as Luke Baxter, Sandy Rass, Michael Aaron Peth, Jye Frasca etc.
