Abducted Elizabeth Is Child Actors

The gripping true story of a boy abducted from the streets of Elizabethan London and how his father fought to get him back Presented by acclaimed childrens author and academic Katherine Rundell this intriguing tale is set behind the scenes in the golden age of Shakespeare and sheds a shocking light on the lives of children long before they were thought to have rights Thirteenyearold Thomas Clifton was walking to school on 13 December 1600 when he was violently kidnapped And whats most extraordinary is that the men who took him claimed that they had legal authority to do so from Queen Elizabeth I herself Children are so often missing from history but this tale has survived by the skin of its teeth This inventive film pieces together Thomas Cliftons story from contemporary accounts court documents plays and poetry with the missing gaps beautifully illustrated by vivid handdrawn animation