National Theatre Live: Small Island

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National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)

Directed by Rufus Norris

Drama · 2h 55m

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.

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Cast

Leah Harvey Hortense Roberts Aisling Loftus Queenie Buxton Gershwyn Eustache Jnr Gilbert Joseph
C
CJ Beckford Michael Roberts Paul Bentall Jacqueline Boatswain
P
Phoebe Frances Brown
C
Chereen Buckley
C
Cavan Clarke
S
Shiloh Coke Beatie Edney Adam Ewan

Crew

Director
Rufus Norris
Screenplay
Helen Edmundson
Novel
Andrea Levy

Details

Release date
2019-06-27
Runtime
2h 55m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
National Theatre