"The Deep Blue Sea" is a 1954 British TV play based on the play by

Terence Rattigan Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan (10 June 191130 November 1977) was a British dramatist and screenwriter. He was one of England's most popular mid-20th-century dramatists. His plays are typically set in an upper-middle-class background.Geoffrey Wan ...

starring

Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy '' Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this per ...

, reprising his role on stage. it was performed twice, first on 17 January 1954 and again on the 21st, as part of ''

Sunday Night Theatre ''Sunday Night Theatre'' was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, pa ...

''.

Cast

* Googie Withers as Hester Collier *

as Freddie Page *

Peter Illing Peter Illing (4 March 1899 – 29 October 1966) was an Austrian-born British film and television actor. Selected TV series * '' Deadline Midnight'' (1961) as Captain Dnieprovsky * '' The Saint'' (1962) as Inspector Buono Filmography * '' The S ...

as Mr. Miller * Robert Harris as Sir William Collyer *

Raymond Francis Raymond Francis (6 October 1911- 24 October 1987) was a British actor best known for his role as Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart in the Associated-Rediffusion detective series ''Murder Bag'', ''Crime Sheet'' and ''No Hiding Place''. ...

as Jackie Jackson *

Dandy Nichols Dandy Nichols (born Daisy Sander; 21 May 1907 – 6 February 1986) was an English actress best known for her role as Else Garnett, the long-suffering wife of the character Alf Garnett who was a parody of a working class Tory, in the BBC s ...

as Mrs. Elton * David Aylmer as Philip Welch * Gillian Lutyens as Ann Welch

Reception

The program was popular and seen by 11 million people. The ''Birmingham Mail'' called it "one of those rare productions that are utterly sure of themselves." The ''Evening Standard'' called it "sensitive and efficient." The ''Evening Standard'' said "it is difficult to find words to praise it enough." More later played the role again in a 1955

film version A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dia ...

. He was happier with this version of the play than the feature film version.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deep Blue Sea (Sunday Night Theatre), The British television plays BBC television dramas 1954 television plays Sunday Night Theatre