National Theatre Live: Small Island (2020)

  • NR
  • 06/18/2020 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 55m

Overview

Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England. The play follows three intricately connected stories. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer, and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots.

Andrea Levy

Novel

Helen Edmundson

Screenplay

Rufus Norris

Director

Cast

Leah Harvey's headshot

Leah Harvey

Hortense Roberts
Aisling Loftus's headshot

Aisling Loftus

Queenie Buxton
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr's headshot

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Gilbert Joseph
CJ Beckford's headshot

CJ Beckford

Michael Roberts
Paul Bentall's headshot

Paul Bentall

Jacqueline Boatswain's headshot

Jacqueline Boatswain

Phoebe Frances Brown's headshot

Phoebe Frances Brown

Chereen Buckley's headshot

Chereen Buckley

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