THE DEEP BLUE SEA
by Terence Rattigan
Venue: Lyttleton
via You Tube
Directed by Carrie Cracknell
by Terence Rattigan
Venue: Lyttleton
via You Tube
Directed by Carrie Cracknell
A flat in Ladbroke
Grove, West London. 1952.
When Hester Collyer (Helen McCrory) 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
(in order of appearance)
Mrs Elton: Marion Bailey
Philip Welch: Hubert Burton
Ann Welch: Yolanda Kettle
Hester Collyer: Helen McCrory
Mr Miller: Nick Fletcher
Freddie Page: Tom Burke
Jackie Jackson: Adetomiwa Edun