Performance - Series 1

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Absolute Hell

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.

Uncle Vanya

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.

Nona

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.

Old Times

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.

Top Girls

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.

The Trials of Oz

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.