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Set in the eighteenth century, Coram Boy is a tale of two cities and a tale of two boys: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the illegitimate heir to a great estate. It’s also a tale of fathers and sons: slave-trader, Otis, and his son Meshak; and landowner Sir William Ashbrook and the son he disinherits.
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Jamila Gavin was born in India of an Indian father and English mother, but spent part of her childhood in Shepherd's Bush. She joined the BBC and started writing in 1979. Helen Edmundson's breakthrough came in 1992 with her award winning adaptation of "Anna Karenina" for Shared Experience, for whom she also adapted "The Mill on the Floss". Her adaptation of "War and Peace" was staged at the National Theatre in 1996.
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- PublisherNick Hern Books
- Publication date2006
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread Award-winning novel set in 18th-century England.In 18th-century Gloucestershire, the evil Otis Gardner preys on unmarried mothers, promising to take their babies (and their money) to Thomas Coram's hospital for foundling children. Instead, he buries the babies and pockets the loot.But Otis's downfall is set in train when his half-witted son Meshak falls in love with a young girl, Melissa, and rescues the unwanted son she has had with a disgraced aristocrat. The child is brought up in Coram's hospital, and proves to have inherited the startling musical gifts of his father - gifts that ultimately bring about his father's redemption and a heartbreaking family reunion.Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Jamila Gavin's award-winning novel, Coram Boy, was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 2005. It won the Time Out Live Award for Best Play.'A rich and almost Gothic drama' - Philip Pullman'A triumph. can still make your heart soar' The Times'The story has a gripping intensity. there is a tremendous sense of momentum' Independent'Family shows don't come much more harrowing than this - but nor do they come any finer. as gripping, terrifying, beautiful and moving as anything you will see in the theatre this year. Helen Edmundson's adaptation does full justice to the dark power of the original, while also transforming it into a thrilling piece of theatre' Daily Telegraph'A highly superior show that should appeal to adults and children alike' GuardianTime Out Live Award for Best Play Set in the 18th century, this is a tale of two cities Gloucester and London and of two boys: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, illegitimate heir to a great estate. It is also a tale of fathers and sons: slave-trader Otis and his son Meshak; and landowner Sir William Ashbrook and the son he disinherits. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781854598943
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