Enough of Him (Modern Plays)

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Following an initial defeat in a lower court, Knight won his appeal at the Sheriff Court in Perth, which established that slavery had no basis in Scots law. He confesses to his wife—played with subtlety by Rachael-Rose McLaren—that he cannot have a healthy sexual life due to the hideously violent sadism of his relations with black slave women in the Caribbean colony. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Registered Office: Cumbernauld Theatre Trust Ltd, Lanternhouse, South Kildrum Ring Road, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, G67 2UF.Within this household, Joseph Knight is saying, “Enough of him, because if I can’t get free of this situation, I’m never going to be a father, earn a wage and live a full life. Join us for a special screening of the National Theatre of Scotland’s performance of the award-winning play Enough of Him.

They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback. Nicola is joined by the winner of the Scottish Album of the Year Award Fergus McCreadie and podcaster and broadcaster Halina Rifai, who discuss the place the Award has in the Scottish music scene, in supporting emerging artists and more diverse talent.

Yes, the judge has made this great decision, but it is reckless to say you can go through all that trauma, then a judge goes, ‘You’re the winner,’ and all of a sudden everything’s just good. Read more about the condition New: An item that is still in its original shrink wrap from the manufacturer and the original manufacturer’s seal (if applicable) has not been removed. It is important that this story of Joseph Knight is told, and the realisation of Scotland’s attitude to slavery in the 18th Century is quite uplifting.

It makes use of the Pitlochry Studio gallery, taking the painstaking time to ensure Austin the ability to wander his eye throughout the ‘court’ as the onlookers, both audience and jury in some respects, make their choice where to look; but the least they can do is hold Austin’s gaze. Comments are currently disabled as they require cookies and it appears you've opted out of cookies on this site. Once again, the new Studio performance space at Pitlochry provides the ideal setting with the backdrop of a huge picture frame also doubling as a canvas for atmospheric lighting by Emma Jones. But Orla O’Loughlin’s direction commands you look forward, even as we sense others in the room turn their hands in shock, disgust, and embarrassment. Its main focus is on the experience of Joseph Knight and questions whether he will ever be truly free.Based on a true story, Enough of Him explores the life of Joseph Knight, an African man enslaved by plantation owner Sir John Wedderburn and brought to Scotland to serve in his Perthshire mansion. After the brutal things they would have been exposed to, how did they then, ten years later, come back to ‘civilised life’ and not be impacted by that? And as the looming figure-piece of wealth, an enormous period painting of a Scottish landscape – begins to gnarl, warp, to bleed like the bodies its fortune was founded upon – the beauty of the portrait washes with colour to reinforce the room, alternating from distorted abstractions of violence to a cooler, moderate and even drowned sense of foreboding and loss. In his new drama for the National Theatre of Scotland, playwright May Sumbwanyambe tells the story of Joseph Knight – a slave who made legal history in 1778, when he persuaded a court that he should be free to leave the employment of the man who had bought him in Jamaica.