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Script Social: The Deep Blue Sea
Script Social
Date
17 June 2025
Time
7.00 - 9.00pm
Venue
Mercato Mayfair, St Mark’s, North Audley Street, London, W1K 6ZA
If you are struggling to book your place via our website, you can reserve your spot for The Deep Blue Sea Script Social by filling out the form HERE.
Join us for our next Script Social, in association with Nick Hern Books, as we dive into Terence Rattigan’s devastatingly beautiful play The Deep Blue Sea — a powerful account of lives blighted by love, or the lack of it.
Rattigan’s masterpiece is playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 7 June, starring Tamsin Greig and Finbar Lynch. Get a taster of the script here!
Hester Collyer is found in the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt. What follows is a raw, intimate portrait of love, longing, and emotional survival. Set in post-war Britain, The Deep Blue Sea explores the ache of unfulfilled desire and the quiet desperation behind appearances. When you’re stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, sometimes the sea can look inviting.
This is your chance to connect with fellow theatre makers and dig into the layered brilliance of one of the 20th century’s most haunting plays.
There is limited space, so reserve your FREE place now!
The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan
Written in the early fifties when Rattigan was at the height of his powers, The Deep Blue Sea is a powerful account of lives blighted by love - or the lack of it.
The play opens with the failed suicide of Hester Collyer (Peggy Ashcroft in the first production), who has deserted her husband for the raffish charms of an ex-fighter pilot.
Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea was first performed at the Duchess Theatre in the West End in March 1952.
Content Warnings: This play contains themes of suicide, self-harm, and emotional abuse that some readers may find upsetting.