Once British, Always British: Steam Rises

STEAM RISES by Satinder Chohan
After months of abuse at sea on board a merchant navy vessel, 'fireman' Buhur
- one of the many Indian men employed to shovel coal into the ship's furnace
below decks - illegally jumps ship with no papers and no money in 1920s
Liverpool. Befriended by a landlady of a local lodging house, he soon finds his
feet in this strange new land, and an unexpected romance at odds with the
longing letters from his wife back in Karachi. But when the toxically racist culture
Buhur has stepped into finally gets to him, a single impulsive act brings
everything crashing down around him. A true story from the Archives' files,
brought shockingly to life by the author of Tamasha's 2017 hit MADE IN INDIA,
Satinder Chohan.

A Tamasha Digital Production for The National Archives

Cast & Crew
Buhur – Sid Sagar
Maggie – Komal Amin
Arthur – Asif Khan
Fred – Antonio Akil
All other parts played by members of the company
Director – Anthony Simpson-Pike
Sound design – Alexis Adimora
Dramaturgy – Fin Kennedy

Видео Once British, Always British: Steam Rises канала The National Archives UK