'Heart in her mouth': Helen McCrory brings compassion to a tragic role in The Deep Blue Sea

By Peter Craven
Updated September 29 2016 - 2:19pm, first published 12:15pm
Helen McCrory in The Deep Blue Sea. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Helen McCrory in The Deep Blue Sea. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Marion Bailey, Helen McCrory and Hubert Burton in the production. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Marion Bailey, Helen McCrory and Hubert Burton in the production. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Tom Burke and Helen McCrory. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Tom Burke and Helen McCrory. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Helen McCrory says she is lusting for the whole classical repertoire. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Helen McCrory says she is lusting for the whole classical repertoire. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Nick Fletcher and Helen McCrory in the modern classic. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
Nick Fletcher and Helen McCrory in the modern classic. Photo: Richard Hubert Smith

Helen McCrory​ is at 48 one of the big-time actresses of the British stage, a classical actor who can burn up the stage in modern roles as well. You might have seen her as Cherie Blair with Helen Mirren in The Queen or as Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, or on TV in Peaky Blinders.

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