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COLLECTION · Series · 1991

Performance

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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* 6.3 (2)DramaUnited Kingdom
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United Kingdom
Studios
BBC Four · BBC
Runtime
120 min/ep
Release
05/10/1991
Score
6.3 / 10 (2)
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
6 episodes · 1991
Episode 1. Absolute Hell
1991-10-05 · 120 min

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.

Episode 2. Uncle Vanya
1991-10-12 · 130 min

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.

Episode 3. Nona
1991-10-19 · 120 min

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.

Episode 4. Old Times
1991-10-26 · 120 min

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

Episode 5. Top Girls
1991-11-02 · 120 min

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.

Episode 6. The Trials of Oz
1991-11-09 · 120 min

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

Series 2
5 episodes · 1992
Episode 1. Tales From Hollywood
1992-11-14 · 120 min

Among the residents of Los Angeles during the 1940s were Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht and, according to this play, the Austro-Hungarian dramatist Odon Von Horvath, our guide to the sun-soaked boulevards and the bizarre…

Episode 2. A Doll's House
1992-11-21 · 137 min

Years ago, Nora Helmer committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out.

Episode 3. Roots
1992-11-28 · 107 min

Beatie returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been "educated" in cultural and political matters by Ronnie, the boyfriend she lived with in London. Through trying to pass on the things she's learnt to her uninterested family, she…

After the Dance
Episode 4. After the Dance
1992-12-05 · 113 min

David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that she's in love with David and wants to change his life for ever. Critics called it Terence…

Episode 5. Six Characters in Search of an Author
1992-12-12 · 96 min

Originally set in a theatre, this new version of Luigi Pirandello's classic play takes place in a film studio in 1950 and is recorded in black and white. A family carrying a great personal tragedy of shame and despair have come to the…

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anthologybased on play or musicalfilmed theater
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