Performance - Series 1
1 - Absolute Hell
Air Date: 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.
2 - Uncle Vanya
Air Date: 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.
3 - Nona
Air Date: 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.
4 - Old Times
Air Date: October 26, 1991
A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.
5 - Top Girls
Air Date: 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.
6 - The Trials of Oz
Air Date: November 9, 1991
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.