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"Play for Today" Abigail's Party (1977)
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"Play for Today" (1970)Original Air Date:
1 November 1977 (Season 8, Episode 3)Plot:
A TV play based on the Hampstead Theatre production. Beverly has invited her new neighbours, Angela and Tony... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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No real plot... but so compelling!! moreCast
(Episode Complete credited cast)| Alison Steadman | ... | Beverly | |
| Tim Stern | ... | Laurence | |
| Janine Duvitski | ... | Angela | |
| John Salthouse | ... | Tony | |
| Harriet Reynolds | ... | Susan |
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102 minCountry:
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The play got a huge audience on the Sunday night it was screened in 1977. In the UK in those days there were only three TV channels, one was on strike and the other was effected by a large storm causing all viewers to tune into the BBC station screening the play. moreQuotes:
Angela: I got very drunk on champagne at our wedding, do you remember?[Tony remembers it all too clearly]
Tony: [with feeling] Yeah.
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I reckon that this is the sort of movie that gets film students all excited. There are so many levels to this flick that you could probably go on for days pulling apart and examining the different characters, relationships and commentaries. But I recommend you watch this film purely for entertainment purposes - it's great. The actors are believable, the story is simplistic (yet so effective) and the period touches are great - because this is essentialy a period drama (the period being very firmly in the 1970s). For a film to have such little plot yet remain so compelling is testament to each and every element that makes up this movie. Watch it.