The Deep Blue Sea

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:

Hannah Giles - 22 February 2011

The West Yorkshire Playhouse’s production of The Deep Blue Sea is a good example of why Terence Rattigan’s work deserves its current revival, but it also highlights why the playwright fell out of favour for so long. Quintessentially English, it is emotional, drawn-out and just a touch overwrought. Set in London in 1952, it brims with long-suppressed middle-class angst and cries of ‘Oh, Freddie!’. 

The story tells of the last day in the relationship between Hester Collyer and former RAF pilot, Freddie Page, for whom she left her husband, a well-respected judge. Starting with a powerful and defining event, the fragile threads of their relationship are pulled until it falls apart over the course of the play’s 150-minute running time (including a 20-minute interval). While the play is predominately about love and human nature, it also touches on life after the war, as Freddie struggles to make sense of a world in which he is no longer a celebra...

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