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Drama on 3: The Deep Blue Sea

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The Deep Blue Sea

01/02/2009

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The Deep Blue Sea

It is post-war Britain around 1950 and Hester Collyer has left her husband.

A new adaptation of Terence Rattigan's celebrated play. It is post-war Britain around 1950 and Hester Collyer has left her husband, an eminent judge, to be with an ex-RAF pilot.

Terence Rattigan's celebrated 1952 play. It is post-war Britain and Hester Collyer has left her husband, an eminent judge, to be with Freddy, an ex-RAF pilot with no prospects. The passion she feels for this younger man is not returned by him, and the play opens as Hester, in a state of despair, has attempted suicide.

Directed by David Timson
A Ukemi production for BBC Radio 3

First broadcast 01/02/2009.

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