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Drama
2h 55m

National Theatre Live: Small Island (2019)

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.
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Rufus Norris profile
Rufus Norris

Director

Helen Edmundson profile
Helen Edmundson

Screenplay

Cast

Leah Harvey profile
Leah Harvey

Hortense Roberts

Aisling Loftus profile
Aisling Loftus

Queenie Buxton

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr profile
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Gilbert Joseph

CJ Beckford profile
CJ Beckford

Michael Roberts

Paul Bentall profile
Paul Bentall

Jacqueline Boatswain profile
Jacqueline Boatswain

Phoebe Frances Brown profile
Phoebe Frances Brown

Chereen Buckley profile
Chereen Buckley

Cavan Clarke profile
Cavan Clarke

Shiloh Coke profile
Shiloh Coke

Beatie Edney profile
Beatie Edney

Adam Ewan profile
Adam Ewan

Leah Harvey profile
Leah Harvey

Hortense Roberts

Aisling Loftus profile
Aisling Loftus

Queenie Buxton

Gershwyn Eustache Jnr profile
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr

Gilbert Joseph

CJ Beckford profile
CJ Beckford

Michael Roberts

Paul Bentall profile
Paul Bentall

Jacqueline Boatswain profile
Jacqueline Boatswain

Phoebe Frances Brown profile
Phoebe Frances Brown

Chereen Buckley profile
Chereen Buckley

Cavan Clarke profile
Cavan Clarke

Shiloh Coke profile
Shiloh Coke

Beatie Edney profile
Beatie Edney

Adam Ewan profile
Adam Ewan

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Release Date

June 27, 2019

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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Available On

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Videos

'I'm only 93!' Windrush Passenger Alford Gardner | Small Island - National Theatre at Home thumbnail
'I'm only 93!' Windrush Passenger Alford Gardner | Small Island - National Theatre at Home
Official Trailer | Small Island - Stage Adaptation | National Theatre at Home thumbnail
Official Trailer | Small Island - Stage Adaptation | National Theatre at Home
Official Teaser | Small Island | National Theatre at Home thumbnail
Official Teaser | Small Island | National Theatre at Home
Official Clip | Some Kind Of Spitfire | Small Island - National Theatre at Home thumbnail
Official Clip | Some Kind Of Spitfire | Small Island - National Theatre at Home
Official Clip | Boarding The Empire Windrush | Small Island - National Theatre at Home thumbnail
Official Clip | Boarding The Empire Windrush | Small Island - National Theatre at Home
Official Clip | Queenie and Gilbert First Meet | Small Island - National Theatre at Home thumbnail
Official Clip | Queenie and Gilbert First Meet | Small Island - National Theatre at Home
Small Island | The Music | How We Made It thumbnail
Small Island | The Music | How We Made It

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