Coram Boy

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Coram Boy is a stage play adapted from Jamila Gavin’s novel, depicting the intertwined lives of abandoned children and their benefactors in 18th-century England.

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Coram Boy canonical 2
Coram Boy (novel) 1
novel "Coram Boy" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage play
adaptationOf children's novel
basedOn novel "Coram Boy"
linked to: Coram Boy
basedOnWorkBy Jamila Gavin
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts Foundling Hospital
benefactors of abandoned children
genre drama
historical drama
hasCharacter Aaron
Alexander Ashbrook
Melissa
Meshak Gardiner
Otis Gardiner
linked to: John Cullum

Thomas Ledbury
hasMedium live theatre
hasTitle Coram Boy
includesElement choral singing
music
period costumes
language English
literarySourceGenre historical novel
mainSubject abandoned children
child welfare
family relationships
philanthropy
social inequality
narrativeForm multi-generational story
narrativeStructure intertwined storylines
originalWorkLanguage English
portrays charitable institutions
moral dilemmas
orphaned children
religious hypocrisy
settingTime 18th-century England
targetAudience general audience
theme class and privilege
exploitation of children
parenthood
redemption

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Coram Boy basedOn novel "Coram Boy"
linked to: Coram Boy
Coram Boy hasTitle Coram Boy
Coram Boy (play) basedOn Coram Boy (novel)
subject linked to: Helen Edmundson
linked to: Coram Boy