National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea (2016)

7.0/10 • 123 min • Drama

Overview

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

Yolanda Kettle

Marion Bailey

Peter Sullivan

William Collyer

Tom Burke

Tomiwa Edun

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