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Unfolding detective style, the play dynamically moves from past to present, revealing characters' secrets - from the poignant testimony of a young mother in 1866, giving up her baby to save herself from abject poverty and social disgrace to the complex and difficult choices faced by a pregnant 15 year old girl in the 21st century. Unearthing an important and little known part of children's history, John Retallack's evocative play is rooted in the history of Thomas Coram's 18th century The Foundling Hospital, charting family history to the present day.

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Author: John Retallack