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Performance (1991)

  • 6.3/10 · 2
  • Oct 5, 1991
  • 2h
  • 7 seasons · 33 episodes
  • English
  • Ended
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An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

Director
David Thacker, Deborah Warner, Simon Curtis, Richard Eyre, Steve Shill, Nicholas Renton
Starring
Ian Holm, Elizabeth McGovern, Jane Horrocks, Ronald Pickup
Network
BBC Four
Country
United Kingdom

Seasons

Series 1 · 6 episodes

  1. 1. Absolute Hell

    Oct 5, 1991 · 2h

    Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after WW2. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens.

  2. 2. Uncle Vanya

    Oct 12, 1991 · 2h 10m

    When Vanya's brother-in-law declares his intention to sell the family's house, polite facades begin to crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences.

  3. 3. Nona

    Oct 19, 1991 · 2h

    An adaptation of Roberto Cossa's Argentinian drama, the play focuses on a family desperately struggling against inflation and unemployment while trying to assuage the insatiable appetite of their 100-year old grandmother.

  4. 4. Old Times

    Oct 26, 1991 · 2h

    A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.

  5. 5. Top Girls

    Nov 2, 1991 · 2h

    Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.

  6. 6. The Trials of Oz

    Nov 9, 1991 · 2h

    Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

Cast

Details

First aired
Oct 5, 1991
Last aired
Mar 21, 1998
Status
Ended
Languages
English
Production
BBC
Keywords
anthology, based on play or musical, filmed theater
IMDb
tt0298685

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