Coram boy / adapted by Helen Edmundson ; based on the novel by Jamila Gavin.

"Dramatised from Jamila Gavin's Whitbread Award-winning novel set in 18th-century England, Coram Boy is a tale of two cities - Gloucester and London - and a tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Foundling Children: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the abandoned so...

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Main Author: Edmundson, Helen, 1964-
Corporate Author: National Theatre (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Gavin, Jamila
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Nick Hern, 2005.
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Summary:"Dramatised from Jamila Gavin's Whitbread Award-winning novel set in 18th-century England, Coram Boy is a tale of two cities - Gloucester and London - and a tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Foundling Children: Toby, saved from an African slave ship, and Aaron, the abandoned son of the heir to a great estate. Also a tale of fathers and sons: slave-trader Otis and his son Meshak, and Sir William Ashbrook and the son he disinherits."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:vi, 122 pages : music ; 20 cm.
ISBN:1854598945 (pbk.)