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

Hester Collyer

Yolanda Kettle

Ann Welch

Marion Bailey

Mrs. Elton

Peter Sullivan

William Collyer

Tom Burke

Freddie Page

Tomiwa Edun

Jackie Jackson

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