About this season
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
Episodes (6)
1. Absolute Hell
Aired 5 October 1991 • 120 min
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
Aired 12 October 1991 • 130 min
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
Aired 19 October 1991 • 120 min
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
Aired 26 October 1991 • 120 min
A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.
5. Top Girls
Aired 2 November 1991 • 120 min
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
Aired 9 November 1991 • 120 min
Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.