National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

2016

123 min

7.0

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama

Director

Carrie Cracknell

Country

United Kingdom

Cast & Crew

Helen McCrory

Yolanda Kettle

Nick Fletcher

Marion Bailey

Hubert Burton

Peter Sullivan

Tom Burke

Tomiwa Edun

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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.

  • Helen McCrory

  • Yolanda Kettle

  • Nick Fletcher

  • Marion Bailey

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