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03/12/2016

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Caryl Phillips dramatises his novel Crossing the River, set in Yorkshire during WWII.

Caryl Phillips dramatises his own novel Crossing the River, a story of love and race set in Yorkshire during the Second World War.

written and dramatised from his own novel, CROSSING THE RIVER, by Caryl Phillips. 

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND is a story of love and race set in Yorkshire during the Second World War. 

When the US Army arrived in Britain during World War Two, it came in still-segregated units. When a platoon of black GIs sets up camp near a quiet Yorkshire village, there are far-reaching consequences both for rebellious GI Travis Johnson and local shopkeeper, Joyce.

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