Small island / National Theatre ; adapted by Helen Edmundson.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Edmundson, Helen, 1964- author.

Levy, Andrea, 1956-2019, author.

Contributor:

Norris, Rufus, 1965- stage director.

Royal National Theatre (Great Britain), production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jamaicans--England--Drama.

Jamaicans.

London (England)--Race relations--Drama.

London (England).

Levy, Andrea, 1956-2019--Adaptations.

Levy, Andrea.

Genre:

Filmed performances.

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : National Theatre Collection, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Age recommendation: 15+ (strong language and racist terms) Recorded through National Theatre Live on 30th May, 2019. Adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, Small Island 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 of Jamaica and the UK. Andrea Levy's epic, Orange Prize-winning novel bursts to new life on the Olivier stage. A company of 40 tells a story which journeys from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.

Participant:

Amy Forrest, Leah Harvey, Sandra James-Young, Keira Chansa, Trevor Laird, Jacqueline Boatswain, Shaquahn Crowe, CJ Beckford, Natey Jones, Chereen Buckley, Andrew Rothney, Aisling Loftus, Beatie Edney, Stephanie Jacob, Adam Ewan, Cavan Clarke, David Fielder, Phoebe Frances Brown, Rebecca Lee , Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Paul Bentall, Johann Myers, John Hastings, CJ Johnson, Daniel Norford, Shiloh Coke.

Notes:

Recorded Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre 30th May 2019.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 04, 2020).

Based on the novel by Andrea Levy.

OCLC:

1158207057