Queenie buxton Flashcards
Who plays Queenie in the National Theatre adpatation of Small Island
Aisling Loftus
Who is she
one of the novel’s protagonists, is a white British woman who rents lodgings to the Josephs (Gilbert and Hortense) when they arrive in England.
how does she grow up
as an uneducated daughter of a butcher
why does she move to London
unable to stomach going into the family business, she moves in with her Aunt Dorothy, who owns a candy shop in London.
where does she meet her husaband
candy shop
who is her husband
Bernard Bligh
giving birth
Queenie in pain/ delirious
B&C banging on the door
facial expressions-
.B fearful that baby is G’s
.H- scared= juxtaposes tension, determined, stubborn, shocked, confused
scary for H
.never seen a vagina
no clue what is happening
audience relations- nervous laugh
