Gong donkeys
By: Richard Cameron
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Missing children; Drama; Cousins; Uncles; Storytelling
Description: Dickens went to Doncaster in 1857, ostensibly to write about the St Leger; his real purpose was to visit the 18-year-old actress Ellen Ternan. That secret mission is the starting point for 'Gong Donkeys', which deals with thwarted love and compulsive storytelling in contemporary Doncaster. Premiered at the Bush Theatre in 2004, it makes a brilliant follow-up to Cameron's 'The Glee Club'.