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National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)

Directed by Rufus Norris

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.

Length 175 minutes

Actors

Leah Harvey | Aisling Loftus | Gershwyn Eustache Jnr | CJ Beckford | Paul Bentall | Jacqueline Boatswain | Phoebe Frances Brown | Chereen Buckley | Cavan Clarke | Shiloh Coke | Beatie Edney | Adam Ewan | David Fielder | Amy Forrest | John Hastings | Stephanie Jacob | Sandra James-Young | Natey Jones | Trevor Laird | Rebecca Lee | Johann Myers | Daniel Norford | Andrew Rothney