The Deep Blue Sea (2016 Edition)
by Terence Rattigan

The Deep Blue Sea (2016 Edition) Book Cover
The Deep Blue Sea (2016 Edition) Cover

Highlights

120 minsInterior SetBritishHistorical

Awards & Recognition

Olivier Award

What readers are saying

Readers enjoy the emotional depth and intricacies of love portrayed in this well-crafted play by Terence Rattigan. The characters' struggles with unrequited love and desire resonate strongly, leaving a lasting impact. Many praise the writing's economy and the thematic exploration of hope and despair, while some note a lack of variation in the narrative.

Deep emotional explorationWell-crafted dialogueThought-provoking themesLacks some narrative variation

Synopsis

Terence Rattigan s devastating masterpiece, a classic study of forbidden love, suppressed desire and the fear of loneliness."

Press Reviews

"Rattigan [is] an inheritor of Ibsen’s mantle, a visionary about the circumstances that imprison people."

— The Guardian

"It is deeply disturbing and exquisitely moving. More than once it penetrates the heart's innermost places."

— The Daily Express

Characters

Character
HESTER COLLYER MRS ELTON PHILIP WELCH ANN WELCH MR MILLER WILLIAM COLLYER FREDDIE PAGE JACKIE JACKSON

Available Editions

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Publication

Year2011
BindingPaperback
EditionActing Edition
Pages124
PlaceLondon
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780573010989
ISBN-100573010986
LCCPR6035.A75
DCC822.912

The Deep Blue Sea (2016 Edition) is a British historical play written by Terence Rattigan and published by Nick Hern Books in London (2011).

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Acting Edition

Samuel French · 2011 · 124 pp

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