The Deep Blue Sea
From: Wednesday, 13th July 2011
To: Saturday, 3 September 2011
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Synopsis
In an act of pure passion, a woman chooses to cast aside her husband and risk everything for the love of a dashing young man, who betrays her. Now she finds herself totally alone, abandoned by her friends and unable to face her future. How does she then begin to rebuild her life, when the very foundations of what she has known are gone? Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, she must find the strength to go on from within...
Our Review:
26 July 2011
Chichester's season of plays to commemorate the centenary of Terence Rattigan makes an excellent start with Philip Franks’ powerful revival of The Deep Blue Sea.
Hester Collyer, the wife of a staid and respectable High Court Judge, has abandoned the marriage to go off and set up home with Freddie Page, a younger man. The play reflects the social mores of the late forties when such conduct has made her a social outcast.
Freddie, feckless, drinking too much and set on a path of self-destruction, is a former pilot whose life stopped when he left the RAF. He has allowed the physical and passionate relationship to cool and although he still loves her in his own way, it no longer matches her needs. It is the desperation, caused by the realisation that her depth of love cannot be returned, that leads to Hester’s attempt on her life.
The events following the failed suicide provide a well drawn study of degrees of love. In addition...
Latest User Review
Chris O - 29 August 2011:
The is the best production of 'The Deep Blue Sea' for years. Amanda Root is extremely moving as Hester and John Hopkins is superb as a passionate, conflicted Freddie. ...
Cast
Amanda Root (Hester Collyer)
Anthony Calf (Sir William Collyer)
John Hopkins (Freddie Page)
Joseph Drake (Philip Welch)
Creative
Terence Rattigan (Author)
Jackson-Stops & Staff (Corporate Sponsor)
Chichester Festival Theatre (Producer)
Philip Franks (Director)
Matthew Scott (Music)
Mike Britton (Design)
John Leonard (Sound)
Johanna Town (Lighting)
Quinny Sacks (Choreographer)
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