{{Short description|2000 children's novel by Jamila Gavin}} {{for|the play|Coram Boy (play)}} {{No plot|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox book | isbn = 978-1-405-21282-3 | pub_date = January 1, 2000 | publisher = Egmont | author = Jamila Gavin | caption = First edition (publ. Mammoth Books) | image = Coram Boy.jpg | award = Whitbread Prize }}
'''''Coram Boy''''' is a 2000 children's novel by Jamila Gavin. It won Gavin a Whitbread Children's Book Award.
==Reception== ''Coram Boy'' received reviews from ''Booklist'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-12-15 |title=Coram Boy |url=https://www.booklistonline.com/Coram-Boy-Jamila-Gavin/pid=1104419 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Booklist}}</ref> the ''Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy'',<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Grantham |first=Carol |date=February 2002 |title=Coram Boy. (Reviews: books for adolescents). |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA82843666&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10813004&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E8b301615&aty=open-web-entry |journal=Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy |publisher=International Literacy Association |volume=45 |issue=5 |via=Gale |access-date=26 August 2024 |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826023845/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA82843666&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10813004&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E8b301615&aty=open-web-entry |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Kirkus Reviews'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-09-15 |title=Coram Boy |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jamila-gavin/coram-boy/ |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-09-17 |title=CORAM BOY by Jamila Gavin |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374315443 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=Publishers Weekly |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826023846/https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374315443 |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''The New York Times Book Review''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fraser |first=Rebecca |date=2001-12-02 |title=Coram Boy |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A80774512/LitRC?u=abccampus&sid=googleScholar&xid=49624067 |access-date=2024-08-26 |website=The New York Times Book Review |via=Gale |volume=106 |issue=48 |archive-date=26 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826023846/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&u=abccampus&id=GALE{{!}}A80774512&v=2.1&it=r&sid=googleScholar&asid=49624067 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2000, ''Coram Boy'' won the Whitbread Prize for Children's Book.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Whitbread Book Awards past winners complete list |url=http://www.costabookawards.com/downloads/Past_Winners_complete_list.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009040708/http://www.costabookawards.com/downloads/Past_Winners_complete_list.pdf |archivedate=2007-10-09 |accessdate=2007-05-31 |publisher=Costa Book Awards}}</ref>
==Stage adaptation== {{main|Coram Boy (play)}} The book was adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, with music (after Handel) by Adrian Sutton, and played for two runs on the Olivier Stage at the National Theatre in 2005-2006 and 2006–2007,<ref>{{cite web | title= Coram Boy | publisher= National Theatre | date= 24 February 2008 | accessdate= 2007-05-31 | url= http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=16220 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814095027/http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=16220 | archivedate=2007-08-14 | df=dmy-all}}</ref> also having a brief Broadway production in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title = Blue Boy: Coram Boy Closes on Broadway May 27 |url = http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108338.html |author = Andrew Gans |date = 2007-05-27 |accessdate = 2007-05-31 |publisher = Playbill |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184247/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108338.html |archivedate = 2007-09-30 |df = dmy-all }}</ref>
The play received a number of Tony Award,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ibdb.com/awardproduction.asp?id=456224 |title = Coram Boy Awards |publisher = Internet Broadway Database |accessdate = 2007-06-01 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070526221730/http://www.ibdb.com/awardproduction.asp?id=456224 |archivedate = 2007-05-26 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.outercritics.org/awards.aspx | title=Outer Critics Circle Awards 2006-2007 | accessdate=2007-06-01 | publisher=Outer Critics Circle | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917013040/http://www.outercritics.org/awards.aspx | archivedate=2007-09-17 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> nominations, and a Theatre World Award for Xanthe Elbrick in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108210.html |title = Fantasia Barrino and Bill Nighy Among Winners of Theatre World Awards |author = Ernio Hernandez |date = 2007-05-22 |accessdate = 2007-06-01 |publisher = Playbill |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070524104611/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/108210.html |archivedate = 2007-05-24 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> ''Coram Boy'' was nominated for four Olivier Awards in 2006: for Best New Play (Helen Edmundson), Best Director (Melly Still), Best Sound Design (Christopher Shutt), and Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Paul Ritter).<ref name="2006olivierawards">{{cite web |date=February 26, 2006 |title=Photos: The Full List of 2006 Olivier Awards |url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821140977036 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616053058/http://www.whatsonstage.com/index.php?pg=207&story=E8821140977036 |archivedate=June 16, 2011 |accessdate=2009-09-25 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
''Coram Boy'' was re-staged in 2011 by Bristol Old Vic at Colston Hall, now the Bristol Beacon, again directed by Melly Still, and featuring a cast, choir and orchestra from Bristol.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
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== External links == * {{Citation |last=Wallace |first=Elizabeth Kowaleski |title=Coram Boy: Slavery, Theatricality and Sentimentality on the British Stage |date=2010 |work=Imagining Transatlantic Slavery |pages=145–161 |editor-last=Kaplan |editor-first=Cora |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/9780230277106_10 |access-date=2024-08-26 |place=London |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |language=en |doi=10.1057/9780230277106_10 |isbn=978-1-349-36765-8 |editor2-last=Oldfield |editor2-first=John|url-access=subscription }} * {{Cite book |last=Cousin |first=Geraldine |url=http://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781847791689/9781847791689.xml |title=Playing for time |date=2013-07-19 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-1-84779-168-9 |chapter=Coram Boy: A final story |doi=10.7765/9781847791689.00014}}
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