NT Live: The Deep Blue Sea
★★★★★ ‘Stunning. Exquisitely played. Beautifully judged.’ - Time Out
Thursday
October
13
2016
2 P.M. (encore) & 7 P.M. (encore)
Reserved Seating.
Single Tickets: $25, $20 seniors, $10 children/students.
Helen McCrory (Medea and The Last of the Haussmans at the National Theatre, Penny Dreadful, Peaky Blinders) returns to the National Theatre in Terence Rattigan’s devastating masterpiece, playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama. Tom Burke (War and Peace, The Musketeers) also features in Carrie Cracknell’s critically acclaimed new production.
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.
★★★★★
‘Stunning. Exquisitely played. Beautifully judged.’
Time Out
‘★★★★★
‘This production is a stand-out. Helen McCrory is fantastic. Carrie Cracknell directs with total assurance.’
The Times
★★★★
‘Intoxicating. Splendid new production. Helen McCrory is wonderful’
Daily Telegraph
★★★★
‘Tom Burke is excellent.’
Daily Telegraph
Cast credits:
Helen McCrory (Hester Collyer)
Theatre:For the National Theatre her work includes: The Deep Blue Sea, Medea, The Last of the Haussmans, The Devil's Disciple, The Seagull, Trelawney of the Wells,Fuente Ovejuna
In London's West End: As You Like It
TV includes:Penny Dreadful, Tommy Cooper, Peaky Blinders, We'll Take Manhattan, Doctor Who, Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, Anna Karenina
Film:Bill,The Woman in Black, Angel of Death, A Little Chaos, Skyfall, Flying Blind, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Fantastic Mr Fox, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Queen, Casanova, Enduring Love, Charlotte Gray, The Count of Monte Cristo, Hotel Splendide, Dad Savage, The James Gang, Interview with the Vampire,The Flemish Board
Tom Burke (Freddie)
Theatre: For the National Theatre his work includes: The Deep Blue Sea, The Doctor's Dilemma
Other theatre includes: Reasons to be Happy, Reasons to be Pretty, Macbeth, Design for Living, Restoration, Creditors, The Cut, Don Juan Comes Back From the War, The Incarcerator, The Monument, Fragile Land, Gertrude: The Cry
TV includes:War and Peace, Utopia, The Musketeers, The Hour, , Great Expectations, State of Play
Film includes: Only God Forgives, An Enemy to Die For, Look Stranger, Third Star,Cheri, Telstar, The Libertine
Peter Sullivan (Bill Collyer)
Theatre: For the National Theatre his work includes: The Deep Blue Sea, Rocket to the Moon, The Power of Yes, Napoli milionaria!, Richard III, King Lear
In London's West End: Drummers
TV includes: Cuffs, The Scandalous Lady W, The Musketeers, Critical, The Crimson Field, Ripper Street, The Borgias, The Hour, Spooks, New Tricks, The Fixer, The Passion, Extras, The Brief, The Last Detective, Wire in the Blood, Nathan Barley, State of Play
Film includes: We Are Happy, Limehouse Golem, The Face of an Angel, Puritan,Monsieur N, Conspiracy, Christie Malry's Own Double Entry, The Day of the Jackal, Young Indiana, El Effecto Mariposa
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