“Tom Molineaux was ready to take on the world but the world wasn’t ready for Tom Molineaux” - Bill Richmond.
He thought the future lay in his hands. He fought his way out of enslavement on a Virginia plantation but the Black boxing sensation had not reckoned with the force of racism in England.
In this new theatrical work Tom Molineaux - voiced by playwright Garry Morris - recounts the day he squared up for an open-air fight with Britain’s white heavy weight champion in 1810.
At the heart of this lyrical play is a world of sound, movement and elemental rawness that the playwright at Scottish Poetry Library wants to explore with creative partners: beatboxers, dancers, crowds…
This debut reading of the play at the SPL in August is the first step on the journey for the Tom Molineaux project.
8 сен 2024
