Playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama, Helen McCrory returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, The Deep Blue Sea. Tom Burke also stars in this critically acclaimed new production directed by Carrie Cracknell.
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 set in post-war West London.
This is a broadcast, not a live performance.
Playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama, Helen McCrory returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, The Deep Blue Sea. Tom Burke also stars in this critically acclaimed new production directed by Carrie Cracknell.
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 set in post-war West London.
This is a broadcast, not a live performance.
Playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama, Helen McCrory returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, The Deep Blue Sea. Tom Burke also stars in this critically acclaimed new production directed by Carrie Cracknell.
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 set in post-war West London.
This is a broadcast, not a live performance.
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