Small Island
Adapted by Helen Edmundson
Based on the novel by Andrea Levy
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POSTPONED: Date TBA
– Alberta Abbey –
126 NE Alberta ST, Portland, OR 97211
Runtime: 3 hours and 20 minutes with one intermission
Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday.
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, 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. Hope and humanity meet stubborn reality as the play traces the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.
A company of 40 actors take to the stage of the National Theatre in London in this timely and moving story.
Small Island is BBFC rated 15 due to use of strong language. As part of depicting the experience of Jamaican immigrants to Britain after the Second World War, at times characters in the play use language which is racially offensive.
Written by
Directed by
Third Rail core company member
Guest Artist
* Member of Actors Equity Association
Mrs. Ryder
Hortense
Miss Jewel
Little Hortense
Mr. Philip / GI / Kenneth
Miss Ma
Little Michael
Michael
Policeman / GI
Woman in Hurricane
Bernard
Queenie
Aunt Dorothy / Woman with Baby
Mrs. Buxton / Miss Todd / Woman in Cinema
Mr. Buxton / Ginger / Sergeant Thwaites / Railway Worker
Young Man in Sweet Shop / Kip / GI / Railway Worker
Arthur
Franny
Gilbert
Recruiting Officer One / Soames / Railway Worker / Military Policeman
Elwood
Recruiting Officer Two / GI / Foreman
Usherette
Celia
GI
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