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Learn the important quotes in Small Island and the chapters they're from, including why they're important and what they mean in the context of the book.
Find the quotes you need in Andrea Levy's Small Island, sortable by theme, character, or chapter. From the creators of SparkNotes.
Small Island plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips.
Helen Edmundson FRSL (born 1964) is a British playwright, screenwriter and producer. She has won awards and critical acclaim both for her original writing and for her adaptations of various literary classics for the stage and screen.
Adapted by Helen Edmundson and directed by Rufus Norris, this ‘resonant, funny and moving’ (★★★★★ Mail on Sunday) play brings to life the tangled history of Jamaica and the UK.
Apr 17, 2020 · Hope and humanity confront cold reality in 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.
May 7, 2019 · Play: Small Island Theatre: National Theatre Playwright: Helen Edmundson, an adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island Director: Rufus Norris Review by Joy Francis. Andrea Levy’s beloved Orange-Prize winning novel Small Island has already been successfully adapted for television by the BBC.
