Performance (1991) is a drama web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Performance online in HD.
Performance — Storyline
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Cast & Crew
Performance — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1991-10-05 |
| Seasons | 7 |
| Episodes | 33 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Four |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 6.3/10 (2 votes) |
Performance — Episode Guide
Series 1
- E1: Absolute Hell (1991-10-05) — 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 q
- E2: Uncle Vanya (1991-10-12) — 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 conseque
- E3: Nona (1991-10-19) — 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 ap
- E4: Old Times (1991-10-26) — A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.
- E5: Top Girls (1991-11-02) — 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.
- E6: The Trials of Oz (1991-11-09) — Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.
Series 2
- E1: Tales From Hollywood (1992-11-14) — 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
- E2: A Doll's House (1992-11-21) — 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 ou
- E3: Roots (1992-11-28) — 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
- E4: After the Dance (1992-12-05) — 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 wa
- E5: Six Characters in Search of an Author (1992-12-12) — 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
Series 3
- E1: Suddenly Last Summer (1993-11-06) — 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 era
- E2: The Maitlands (1993-11-13) — 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
- E3: Hedda Gabler (1993-11-27) — 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 resu
- E4: The Entertainer (1993-12-04) — 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 1950
- E5: The Changeling (1993-12-11) — 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 l
Series 4
- E1: Message For Posterity (1994-10-29) — A Parliamentary committee decides to commission a portrait as a memorial to an ageing Conservative, wartime ex-Prime Minister, Sir David Browning. Bizarrely, they choose anarchic,
- E2: Measure for Measure (1994-11-05) — Modern dress version of Shakespeare's "problem comedy" emphasizing the darker elements of the play and eliminating most of the humor, as Claudio is dragged to the police station on
- E3: The Deep Blue Sea (1994-11-12) — A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
- E4: Summer Day's Dream (1994-11-19) — In 1975, after a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in the country finds his peace threatened by a visit from three W
- E5: The Mother (1994-11-26) — Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old seeks a job after 40 years if being a homemaker.
Series 5
- E1: Shadow of a Gunman (1995-10-07) — In 1920 as the Irish War of Independence rages, two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus Shields, share a flat in Dublin. First installment in Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy.
- E2: The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd (1995-10-14) — Mrs Holroyd is married to a loutish miner. When a gentlemanly neighbour makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true.
- E3: Landscape (1995-10-21) — Beth sits in an armchair to the left of the table, and Duff in a chair at the opposite end. Duff refers normally to Beth but does not appear to hear her voice. Beth never looks at
- E4: Bed (1995-10-21) — Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed.
- E5: Henry IV (1995-10-28) — Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, th
- E6: After Miss Julie (1995-11-04) — An updated version of Strindberg's play examining class and social differences. Julie, the daughter of an MP, seduces her father's chauffeur, despite his being engaged to the maid.
Series 6
- E1: Company (1997-03-01) — At his 35th birthday party Bobby's friends are all wondering: Why isn't he married? Why can't he find the right woman and settle down?
- E2: My Night with Reg (1997-03-15) — A group of English gay men get together to reminisce. They are all coming from a wake for one of their circle who's died of AIDS. It's that terrifying time between the outbreak of
- E3: Richard II (1997-03-22) — The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
- E4: Broken Glass (1997-03-29) — A Jewish housewife in 1938 Brooklyn loses the use of her legs after reading about Kristallnacht.
- E5: Macbeth on the Estate (1997-04-05) — Shakespeare's play updated to the present day. On a council estate where people survive by dealing drugs and shoplifting, Duncan is the Godfather. Urged by Mrs Macbeth, Macbeth kil
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Performance have? 7 season(s) with 33 episodes.
Where can I watch Performance? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
