National Theatre Live: Small Island backdrop
National Theatre Live: Small Island

National Theatre Live: Small Island

8.0 / 1020192h 55m

Synopsis

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.

Genre: Drama

Status: Released

Main Cast

Leah Harvey

Leah Harvey

Hortense Roberts

Aisling Loftus

Aisling Loftus

Queenie Buxton

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Gilbert Joseph

CJ Beckford

Michael Roberts

Paul Bentall

Paul Bentall

Jacqueline Boatswain

Jacqueline Boatswain

Phoebe Frances Brown

Chereen Buckley

Cavan Clarke

Shiloh Coke

Shiloh Coke

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