National Theatre Live: Small Island

June. 27,2019      
Rating:
8.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Leah Harvey as  Hortense Roberts
Aisling Loftus as  Queenie Buxton
Gershwyn Eustache Jnr as  Gilbert Joseph
Paul Bentall as  
Shiloh Coke as  
Beatie Edney as  
Adam Ewan as  
David Fielder as  
Amy Forrest as  

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