The Deep Blue Sea by the Independent Theatre

The Deep Blue Sea should be a serious play.

Posters for the film adaptions of The Deep Blue Sea starring Vivien Leigh (credit: London Films) and Rachel Weisz (credit: Film4 and Artificial Eye) respectively.

Before I saw the Independent Theatre’s production of Terence Rattigan’s 1952 play The Deep Blue Sea, I thought: should I see the film? I loved reading the play, I’m a fan of Terence Davies, Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston and found reading the text, watching the film and seeing the play yielded such fruitful results with The 39 Steps. I dismissed the id…