Performance - Season 1

Performance

Season 1

1991 • 6 Episodes

Episodes

Absolute Hell - Performance

1. Absolute Hell

October 5, 1991

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.

Uncle Vanya - Performance

2. Uncle Vanya

October 12, 1991

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.

Nona - Performance

3. Nona

October 19, 1991

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.

Old Times - Performance

4. Old Times

October 26, 1991

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

Top Girls - Performance

5. Top Girls

November 2, 1991

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.

The Trials of Oz - Performance

6. The Trials of Oz

November 9, 1991

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