BROWN BAG: Paterson Joseph, On his career and the making of Sancho

Paterson Joseph, On his career and the making of Sancho

A brown-bag lunch talk with actor Paterson Joseph on the inspiration, research and writing of Sancho: An Act of Remembrance. This one-man historical play about the life of Charles Ignatius Sancho, the first Black Briton to vote and the subject of a Thomas Gainsborough portrait, will be performed at the Williams Center for the Arts, Monday, December 14.

Paterson Joseph is a leading British actor, and the author of Sancho: An Act of Remembrance. He has worked regularly at the National Theatre in London (Whale, Saint Joan, Royal Hunt for the Sun, The Emperor Jones, Elmina's Kitchen) the RSC (Julius Caesar, seen at BAM in 2013; and Don Juan, Troilus and Cressida, Love's Labours Lost, King Lear, The Pretenders) as well as the Royal Exchange, the Gate, Almeida and Young Vic Theatres. His television roles include featured characters in the BBC's “The Hollow Crown” (PBS) “The Leftovers” (HBO) and in Danny Boyle’s “Babylon”. Paterson is a season regular in “Law and Order UK” and “Peep Show”, he has also appeared in “Doctor Who”, “Hustle” and “No.1 Ladies Detective Agency” (all BBC). In 2015 Paterson has been seen co-starring with Christopher Ecclestone in “Safe House”, a major four-part drama for ITV and is appearing on Sky and NBC this autumn in “You, Me and the Apocalypse”. Sancho marks Paterson's first play as a writer.