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National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 14, 2016

Runtime

2h 3m

Genres

Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

National Theatre Live: The Deep Blue Sea

Production Companies

National Theatre

Director

Carrie Cracknell

Description

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.