Sancho
Subtitle: an act of remembrance
By: by Paterson Joseph
Series: Oberon modern plays; Oberon modern plays
Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9781849431491
Subjects: Fiction
Description: In this play, Charles Ignatius Sancho--born on a slave ship in 1729, later becoming the fellow actor and friend of David Garrick and the first black person of African origin to vote in Britain--recounts his life story in monologue as his portrait is painted by Thomas Gainsborough.
Notes: Play.

First performed on Wednesday 21st September 2011 at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse.