
Performance
1991 · 7 seasons · 33 episodes · Ended · BBC Four
Drama
TMDB 6.3 · 2 votes
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Episodes
- S01E01Absolute Hell1991-10-05120m
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.
- S01E02Uncle Vanya1991-10-12130m
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.
- S01E03Nona1991-10-19120m
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.
- S01E04Old Times1991-10-26120m
A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.
- S01E05Top Girls1991-11-02120m
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.
- S01E06The Trials of Oz1991-11-09120m
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.
Cast
Ian HolmSir William Collyer, King Lear, Astrov, Duff
Elizabeth McGovernBeatrice-Joanna, Helen Schwartz, Margaret Hyman
Jane HorrocksDoll Tearsheet, Marta, Beatie Bryant
Ronald PickupKing Henry IV, Richard Browning, Siegfried Shrager- David LyonEarl of Salisbury, Albany, Thomas Mowbray
John RoganBishop of Carlisle, Lord Marshal, Bernard
Paola DionisottiDuchess of York, First lady, Duchess of Gloucester
Hugh GrantRichard Neville, Alsemero
Susan BrownMaria, Bill
Adie AllenDiaphanta, Pearl Bryant
Bill NighyRoger Maitland, Hugh Marriner
Leslie PhillipsJudge Michael Argyle, Vermandero