National Theatre Live: Small Island
- Released on
Drama
•- Runtime
- 175 mins
(3 votes)
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.
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 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
Director
- Rufus Norris
Producers
Screenwriter
- Helen Edmundson
