Sancho: An Act of Remembrance

Monday / December 14, 2015 / 8 p.m.

Sancho: An Act of Remembrance
Written and performed by Paterson Joseph
Produced in association with the Oxford Playhouse
Co-directed by Simon Godwin
Music by Ben Park

Born on a slave ship in 1729, later the first black person of African origin to vote in Britain and a man of letters, Charles Ignatius Sancho led a life full of surprising, moving, and comical events. On the day Thomas Gainsborough paints his famous portrait, we discover the forgotten but true story of a black man who voiced his political opinion with wit and charm, and who dared to become a writer, a musician, a composer, and, alongside his friend David Garrick, an actor. A tour de force written and performed by Paterson Joseph—currently featured in HBO’s The Leftovers—Sancho explores issues of immigration and identity through the compelling tale of a man who achieved the distinction of being both wholly African and wholly British.

Tickets: $29

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Presented in association with the Office of Intercultural Development at Lafayette College.

Read about Paterson Joseph’s visit to Lafayette College in the lead-up to the performance.