Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica. Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer. Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Three intimately connected stories, tracing the tangled history of Jamaica and Britain.
Andrea Levy's epic novel, adapted for the stage by Helen Edmundson, journeys from Jamaica to Britain in 1948 – the year that HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury.
Small Island was first performed at the National Theatre, London, in 2019, in an acclaimed production directed by Rufus Norris. This revised edition of the play was published alongside the revival of the production in 2022.
- ISBN13 9781839040764
- Publish Date 3 March 2022
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Nick Hern Books
- Edition stage version
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 136
- Language English