Following an award-winning singing career, Clare Graydon-James turned to writing. Her many plays, musicals and songs, have been performed in diverse settings: such as the Purcell Room, the Worcester Festival, the Rochester Dickens Festival, Upnor Castle; on national radio and in schools and community venues throughout the UK. Clare’s literary heroes include Shakespeare, Dickens, FW. Harvey, Sondheim and Ira Gershwin. Tom’s Drum – like other children’s stories – was inspired by Clare’s treasured memories of childhood Christmases in Newcastle upon Tyne. Mother of two and proud grandmother, Clare lives with her husband, in Staffordshire.
Is young Will a thief? Is young Tom playing tricks? Why are Tom’s parents angry with the cook and the haughty servant? Why do the elves, gnomes and pixies visit Tom’s grand house and Will’s humble cottage on Christmas Eve?Tom’s Drum provides answers to these questions. It also paints a live...
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