Performance (1991)
Synopsis
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
First Air Date: 1991-10-05
Last Air Date: 1998-03-21
Number of Seasons: 7
Number of Episodes: 33
Networks: BBC Four
Top Cast
- Ian Holm as King Lear
- Elizabeth McGovern as Beatrice-Joanna
- Jane Horrocks as Marta
- Ronald Pickup as Richard Browning
- David Lyon as Albany
- John Rogan as Bishop of Carlisle
- Paola Dionisotti as Duchess of York
- Hugh Grant as Alsemero
- Adie Allen as Diaphanta
- Susan Brown as Bill
Seasons
Series 1 (1991)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Absolute Hell
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.
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Ep. 2: Uncle Vanya
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.
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Ep. 3: Nona
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.
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Ep. 4: Old Times
A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.
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Ep. 5: Top Girls
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.
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Ep. 6: The Trials of Oz
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.
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