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.

• Carrie CracknellDirector
• Terence RattiganWriter

• Helen McCroryHester Collyer
• Yolanda KettleAnn Welch
• Nick FletcherMr. Miller
• Marion BaileyMrs. Elton
• Hubert BurtonPhilip Welch
• Peter SullivanWilliam Collyer
• Tom BurkeFreddie Page
• Tomiwa EdunJackie Jackson