Performance - Season 5

Season 5

Episodes

Shadow of a Gunman
A dreaming poet is mistaken by a romantic young girl for an IRA gunman on the run.

The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
D.H. Lawrence's early play exploring life in a mining community in 1914.

Landscape
Harold Pinter 's delicate portrait of the secret life of lovers Beth and Duff.

Bed
Jim Cartwright 's drama portrays the bittersweet memories of seven very old people who all share the same bed.

Henry IV
Director John Caird 's adaptation of Shakespeare's two-part work - telling the story of a young man's elevation from immature prince to responsible king - explores timeless themes against the brutal backdrop of medieval England.

After Miss Julie
It's 1945 and the Labour Party has won the General Election. Miss Julie, the upper-class daughter of a Labour MP, sets out to seduce her father's chauffeur, John, even though he is unofficially engaged to Christine, who works in the kitchen.
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