Small Island
Year staged: 2019
Opening night: 17/04/2019
Theatre Company: National Theatre; 1963-
Staged in: Olivier Theatre, National Theatre
Cast Size: 24
Synopsis
Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. 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. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history between Jamaica and the UK.
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