National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

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.

Cast

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

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