National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Helen McCrory Hester Collyer

Yolanda Kettle Ann Welch

Nick Fletcher Mr. Miller

Marion Bailey Mrs. Elton

Hubert Burton Philip Welch