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.

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  Helen McCrory

  Hester Collyer
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  Yolanda Kettle

  Ann Welch
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  Marion Bailey

  Mrs. Elton
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  Peter Sullivan

  William Collyer
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  Tom Burke

  Freddie Page
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  Tomiwa Edun

  Jackie Jackson