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Performance

Performance: Series 1 (1991)

  • Episodes: 6
  • Premiered October 5, 1991

Episodes

  1. Absolute Hell

    Episode 1 · · 2h 0m

    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.

  2. Uncle Vanya

    Episode 2 · · 2h 10m

    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.

  3. Nona

    Episode 3 · · 2h 0m

    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.

  4. Old Times

    Episode 4 · · 2h 0m

    Old Times

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

  5. Top Girls

    Episode 5 · · 2h 0m

    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.

  6. The Trials of Oz

    Episode 6 · · 2h 0m

    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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