Calderdale Theatre School has several original plays available for performance by other youth theatres. All have been successful and are available with production notes.
By Helen Edmundson (adapted from the novel by Jamila Gavin)
Performed 7:30pm 18th March 2010 (Square Chapel), 7:30pm 19th March 2010 (Square Chapel), 7:30pm 20th March 2010 (Square Chapel)
Direction: Gillie Kerrod, Stephen Finegold
Choreography: Jez Gregg
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Dramatised from Jamila Gavin's Whitbread Award winning novel set in 18th century England, Coram Boy is a tale of two orphans at the Coram Hospital for Foundling Children - one an abandoned son of the heir of a great estate, the other rescued from a slave ship - how they got there and how their lives are intertwined with those of slave trader Otis and his son Meshak.
It was written for performance at the National Theatre and prompted Philip Pullman to say:
"A rich and almost gothic drama, full of dastardly villains, cold hearted aristocrats, devoted friends and passionate lovers, set against a background of cruelty, music and murder."
Our production will be performed by the older members of the youth theatre aged 16 - 19, with younger parts being played by the Year 8 group.