![]() PATRICIA ROZARIO OBE is probably one of the most versatile and best known singers of her generation. Most families could not afford to send the ayahs back to India or continue to employ them in Britain as they had done under the Raj, where the salary was either very small or most were just fed, clothed, and housed for the work they did with British families. “So so many Indian women were abandoned.” “I didn’t know anything about these Ayahs before I started this,” Rozario expounded. The venue is yet more appropriate because it is thought that a house that was once used by abandoned ‘Ayahs’ existed on the site before it become a musical hall and theatre in 1901. ![]() Into the mix comes ‘Author’ (Adam Temple-Smith) who is from the West End, monied and fascinated by the characters he finds in this part of London. Greener’s main function is to keep the Tower Clock running (and the East End going) under the evil and relentless eye of Coster (Dickon Gough) who is mean and nasty. Rozario’s character, Ma, befriends her and becomes her ally. The unusual title with ‘greeners’ in it, refers to the East End slang for immigrants at the time and the story revolves around a brilliant young greener (Keisha Atwell) who has found her way to London from the West Indies. Greener (Keisha Atwell) in 'Clocks 1888: the greener'
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