Today's episode features writer and actor Paterson Joseph, author of the play "Sancho, An Act of Remembrance", which he has been performing for some 10 years and brings back to the theatre next year.   He has also recently completed a book about  Sancho, this incredible man who was born on a slave ship in the Atlantic and died a businessman in London. 

Sancho's life was lived to the full: he composed popular music, corresponded with the great and the good of the day and became the first man of African heritage to vote in a UK general election.    Looking at the world through Sancho's eyes we see a strange place of terrible inequality yet great opportunity, we are forced to address the issues of slavery and racism but also come upon acts of great kindness and discover a true love story.  It is a brief glimpse of London in the 18th Century "in colour".

Probably best known as an actor Paterson Joseph has appeared in lead roles with the RSC and National Theatre.  His TV work is extensive and includes Peep Show, Casualty, Green Wing and most recently the BBC's Noughts and Crosses.  He brings "Sancho, An Act of Remembrance" to the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in February 2021



Photo:  Robert Day - Paterson Joseph as Ignatius Sancho

"Sancho, An Act of Remembrance" is published by Oberon Modern Plays

"Julius Caesar and Me, Exploring Shakespeare's African Play", also by Paterson Joseph  is published by Methuen Plays

"Sancho, An Act of Remembrance" at the Lyric Hammersmith:
https://lyric.co.uk/shows/sancho-an-act-of-remembrance/


Episode produced and edited by Jacob Taylor

Music by  Charles Ignatius Sancho


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