Culture corner. From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: December 2, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: THOMAS KEMP

A new play tells the moving story of how London's first children's home is linked to some of our greatest music and art, including works by George Frederick Handel and William Hogarth. By THOMAS KEMP

Time travellers will love Coram Boy, a play running at the Royal National Theatre, London (tel: 020 7452 3000), which explores the dark underbelly of 18thcentury English society.

Based on Jamila Gavin's Whitbread prize-winning novel, the play charts the backgrounds of two orphans at the Foundling Hospital in the capital - Toby, rescued from an African ...

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