"The Deep Blue Sea" presented by NT Live at the Magnolia Theater sponsored by Amphibian Stage

THE DEEP BLUE SEA
National Theatre Live

With two Dear Friends, The Travelling Toe went to the afternoon presentation of "The Deep Blue"  streamed by National Theatre Live.  It was shown at the Magnolia Theater located in the Fort Worth Modern Art Museum.  Amphibian Stage sponsors these productions so that audiences can afford the price of a ticket to a London-based play.

National Theatre

Terrance Rattigan wrote the play the play in 1952 and it does reflect that time period in Britain just a few years after the War.  Terrance was born in 1911 and passed on 1977.

Terrance Rattigan
playwright

Amphibian Stage Productions

The play is described on the Amphibian Stage website as follows

Playing one of the greatest female roles in contemporary drama, 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. Tom Burke (War and Peace, The Musketeers) also stars in this critically acclaimed new production directed by Carrie Cracknell.

When Hester Collyer is found by her neighbors 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 set in post-war West London.

We thought the acting was excellent.  The story of course was dark and emotional since it deals with lost love, lost identity, and suicide.  

We look forward to more National Theatre Live productions.  It is much cheaper to drive to the Museum than it is to fly to London!

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth