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National Theatre Live: Small Island
Film / 2019

National Theatre Live: Small Island

Directed by Rufus Norris
Drama

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Leah HarveyHortense Roberts Aisling LoftusQueenie Buxton Gershwyn Eustache JnrGilbert Joseph CJ BeckfordMichael Roberts Paul Bentall Jacqueline Boatswain Phoebe Frances Brown Chereen Buckley Cavan Clarke Shiloh Coke Beatie Edney Adam Ewan
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David Fielder Amy Forrest John Hastings Stephanie Jacob Sandra James-Young Natey Jones Trevor Laird Rebecca Lee Johann Myers Daniel Norford Andrew RothneyBernard Bligh

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