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

2019
Directed byRufus Norris
2h 55m

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 HarveyHortense RobertsAisling LoftusQueenie BuxtonGershwyn Eustache Jnr
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
National Theatre
RATING
8.0

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