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Revision as of 13:09, 27 January 2021

Performance
GenreStage drama
Country of originUK
Original languageEnglish (including translations)
Production
Production companyBBC (some co-productions)
Original release
NetworkBBC 2
Release12 October 1991 (1991-10-12) –
21 March 1998 (1998-03-21)

Performance was a UK television anthology series produced by Simon Curtis for the BBC. Twenty-six episodes aired on the BBC between 12 October 1991 and 21 March 1998, almost all of which were productions of classic and contemporary plays, including Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, King Lear by William Shakespeare, and The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan.

Among its directors were Karel Reisz, Anthony Page, Richard Eyre, Simon Curtis, and Harold Pinter.

Its high-profile cast included Colin Firth, Kenneth Branagh, Elizabeth McGovern, Jeremy Irons, Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Alec Guinness, Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Ian Holm, Bill Nighy, John Gielgud, and Juliet Stevenson.

List of episodes

The main sources for compiling this list was the BFI Film and TV Database[1] and the website of the BBC Genome Project.

Legend: Se = Season; Ep = Episode

Se Ep Title Author Producer/
Director 		Performers UK
Transmission
date
1 1 Absolute Hell Rodney Ackland Anthony Page (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Judi Dench 5 October 1991
1 2 Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov Gregory Mosher (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		David Warner
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 		12 October 1991
1 3 Nona Roberto Cossa Simon Curtis (d/p) Les Dawson 19 October 1991
1 4 Old Times Harold Pinter Simon Curtis (d/p) John Malkovich
Kate Nelligan
Miranda Richardson 		26 October 1991
1 5 Top Girls Caryl Churchill Max Stafford-Clark (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		2 November 1991
1 6 The Trials of Oz Geoffrey Robertson
John Mortimer 		Sheree Folkson (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Hugh Grant
Peter O'Brien
Kevin Allen 		9 November 1992
2 1 Tales from Hollywood Christopher Hampton Howard Davies (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Jeremy Irons,
Alec Guinness 		19 October 1992
2 2 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen David Thacker
Simon Curtis 		Juliet Stevenson
Trevor Eve 		21 November 1992
2 3 Roots Arnold Wesker Simon Curtis (d/p) Jane Horrocks
Pam Ferris
Imelda Staunton 		28 November 1992
2 4 After the Dance Terence Rattigan Stuart Burge (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Anton Rodgers
Gemma Jones
Imogen Stubbs 		5 December 1992
2 5 Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello Bill Bryden (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Brian Cox
John Hurt 		12 December 1992
3 1 The Maitlands Robert MacKenzie Lindsay Posner (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Eileen Atkins
Jennifer Ehle
Bill Nighy
Edward Fox 		13 November 1993
3 2 Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen Deborah Warner (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Fiona Shaw
Nicholas Woodeson
Stephen Rea 		27 November 1993
3 3 The Entertainer John Osborne Nicholas Renton (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Michael Gambon 4 December 1993
3 4 The Changeling Thomas Middleton and William Rowley Simon Curtis (p) Bob Hoskins
Elizabeth McGovern
Hugh Grant
Leslie Phillips 		11 December 1993
4 1 Message for Posterity Dennis Potter Simon Curtis (p) John Neville
Eric Porter 		29 October 1994
4 2 Measure for Measure William Shakespeare David Thacker (d) Tom Wilkinson
Corin Regrave
Juliet Aubrey 		5 November 1994
4 3 The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan Karel Reisz (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		Penelope Wilton
Ian Holm
Colin Firth 		12 November 1994
4 4 The Mother Paddy Chayefsky Simon Curtis (d/p) Anne Bancroft
Katherine Borowitz
Joan Cusack 		19 November 1994
4 5 Summer Day's Dream J. B. Priestley Christopher Morahan (d)
Simon Curtis (p) 		John Gielgud
Terence Rigby
Rosemary Harris 		26 November 1994

References

  1. ^ "BFI Film and TV Database". Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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