{"product_id":"small-island-stage-version-paperback-1","title":"Small Island: Stage Version - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrea Levy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHelen Edmundson\u003c\/b\u003e (Adapted by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHortense 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrea 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrea Levy\u003c\/strong\u003e (1956-2019) was an English author best known for the novels \u003cem\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/em\u003e (2004) and \u003cem\u003eThe Long Song\u003c\/em\u003e (2010). She was born in London to Jamaican parents, and her work explores topics related to British Jamaicans and how they negotiate racial, cultural and national identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Edmundson\u003c\/strong\u003e's first play, \u003cem\u003eFlying\u003c\/em\u003e, was presented at the National Theatre Studio in 1990. In 1992, she adapted Tolstoy's \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e for Shared Experience, for whom she also adapted \u003cem\u003eThe Mill on the Floss\u003c\/em\u003e in 1994. Both won awards - the TMA and the Time Out Awards respectively - and both productions were twice revived and extensively toured. Shared Experience also staged her original adaptation of\u003cem\u003e War and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e at the National Theatre in 1996, and toured her adaptations of Mary Webb's \u003cem\u003eGone to Earth\u003c\/em\u003e in 2004, Euripides' \u003cem\u003eOrestes\u003c\/em\u003e in 2006, the new two-part version of \u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e in 2008, and the original play \u003cem\u003eMary Shelley\u003c\/em\u003e in 2012. Her original play \u003cem\u003eThe Clearing\u003c\/em\u003e was first staged at the Bush Theatre in 1993, winning the John Whiting and Time Out Awards, \u003cem\u003eMother Teresa is Dead\u003c\/em\u003e was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2002 and \u003cem\u003eThe Heresy of Love\u003c\/em\u003e was premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in the Swan Theatre in 2012. Her adaptation of Jamila Gavin's \u003cem\u003eCoram Boy\u003c\/em\u003e premiered at the National Theatre to critical acclaim in 2005, receiving a Time Out Award. It was subsequently revived in 2006, and produced on Broadway in 2007. She adapted Calderón's \u003cem\u003eLife is a Dream\u003c\/em\u003e for the Donmar Warehouse in 2009, and Arthur Ransome's \u003cem\u003eSwallows and Amazons\u003c\/em\u003e for the Bristol Old Vic in 2010, which subsequently transferred to the West End before embarking on a national tour in 2012. Her adaptation of Émile Zola's \u003cem\u003eThérèse Raquin\u003c\/em\u003e was premiered by the Theatre Royal, Bath, in 2014, and was subsequently produced on Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company in 2015. Her original play, \u003cem\u003eQueen Anne\u003c\/em\u003e, was commissioned and premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2015, and her adaptation of Andrea Levy's \u003cem\u003eSmall Island\u003c\/em\u003e was staged by the National Theatre in 2019, revived in 2022. She was awarded the 2015 Windham Campbell Prize for Drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219468828921,"sku":"9781839040764","price":35.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RWxqZkdBajYrZDkyczFDMEhDRmhPQT09_9f677205-0edd-4f76-89b7-65e63947b706.webp?v=1768166264","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/small-island-stage-version-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}