Ian Holm
Performance (1991)
Series 3
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Released Oct. 5, 1991
Episode 107 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.anthology, tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.based-on-play, imdb.anthology, awards.emmy-award-nominated, tmdb.filmed-theater
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Suddenly Last Summer
Mrs Venable's grief at the loss of her beloved poet son Sebastian turns to rage against her niece Catharine, his last companion and witness of his gruesome death. Determined to erase the memory of Sebastian's loss, she tries to persuade her pet doctor to perform a lobotomy on Catharine.
Nov. 6, 1993, midnight
S3E2 - The Maitlands
It is early summer in the secluded seaside village of Betworthy. But there is a strained atmosphere in the once-prosperous Maitland household, because the family has fallen on hard times. Performance presents the first production for 60 years of the witty and tragic family drama by Ronald Mackenzie.
Nov. 13, 1993, midnight
S3E3 - Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.
Nov. 27, 1993, midnight
S3E4 - The Entertainer
The play uses the metaphor of the dying music hall tradition, specifically fictional music hall star Archie Rice, to comment on the moribund state of the British Empire in the 1950s.
Dec. 4, 1993, midnight
S3E5 - The Changeling
Just days before her wedding, Beatrice-Joanna has a chance encounter with Alsemero, and realizes that she has met her one true love. To marry the man she loves, she persuades the love-struck henchman De Flores to murder her fiancé, but does not anticipate the tragic consequences of her actions.
Dec. 11, 1993, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 107 min.
Season Runtime: 107 min.
Released: Oct. 5, 1991
Last Air Date: March 21, 1998, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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