National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)
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.
Director:
Rufus Norris
Writer:
Helen Edmundson
http://ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk/productions/73263-small-island
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Leah Harvey as Hortense Roberts |
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Aisling Loftus as Queenie Buxton |
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Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as Gilbert Joseph |
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CJ Beckford as Michael Roberts |
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Paul Bentall as |
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Jacqueline Boatswain as |
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Phoebe Frances Brown as |
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Chereen Buckley as |
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Cavan Clarke as |
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Shiloh Coke as |
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Beatie Edney as |
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Adam Ewan as |
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David Fielder as |
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Amy Forrest as |
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John Hastings as |
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Stephanie Jacob as |
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Sandra James-Young as |
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Natey Jones as |
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Trevor Laird as |
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Rebecca Lee as |
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Johann Myers as |
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Daniel Norford as |
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Andrew Rothney as Bernard Bligh |
| Writing | Andrea Levy | Novel |
| Writing | Helen Edmundson | Screenplay |
| Directing | Rufus Norris | Director |
| Crew | Coral Messam | Choreographer |