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The Deep Blue Sea
Terence Rattigan
The Deep Blue Sea (Acting Edition)
by Terence Rattigan
Awards & Recognition
Olivier Award
Synopsis
Drama / Characters: 5 male, 3 femaleScenery: InteriorHester Collyer's husband is a rich, talented lawyer; her lover, Freddie, is neither Hester's moral nor intellectual equal, but Hester loves him with an intensity that few, and especially not Freddie, are capable of matching.
They are death to each other.
Hester is driven to attempt suicide.
Between the devil and the deep blue sea the latter looks very attractive.
She is saved by Miller, a disbarred doctor, and through him learns how to transcend both hope and despair.
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 |
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1952
Binding Paperback
Pages 124
Place London
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573010989
ISBN-10 0573010986
DCC 822.912
The Deep Blue Sea (Acting Edition) is a British play written by Terence Rattigan and published by Samuel French in London (1952).
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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