National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

• 7.0 Drama
• 2016-11-14
• 123 minutes mins

A flat in Ladbroke Grove, West London. 1952. When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbours in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, the story of her tempestuous affair with a former RAF pilot and the breakdown of her marriage to a High Court judge begins to emerge. With it comes a portrait of need, loneliness and long-repressed passion. Behind the fragile veneer of post-war civility burns a brutal sense of loss and longing.

Starring:

Helen McCrory (Hester Collyer) Yolanda Kettle (Ann Welch) Nick Fletcher (Mr. Miller) Marion Bailey (Mrs. Elton) Hubert Burton (Philip Welch) Peter Sullivan (William Collyer) Tom Burke (Freddie Page) Tomiwa Edun (Jackie Jackson)

Director:

Carrie Cracknell

Writer:

Terence Rattigan