Se Ep Title Author Producer/ Director Performers UK Transmission date 1 1 Absolute Hell Rodney Ackland Anthony Page (d), Simon Curtis (p) Judi Dench , Bill Nighy , Ronald Pickup , Charles Gray , Anthony Calf 5 October 1991 [ 2] 1 2 Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov Gregory Mosher (d), Simon Curtis (p) David Warner , Ian Holm , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Ian Bannen , Roger Hammond 12 October 1991 1 3 Nona Roberto Cossa (play), Michael Hastings (adaptation) Simon Curtis (d/p) Les Dawson , Liz Smith , Jim Broadbent , Timothy Spall , Jane Horrocks , Maurice Denham 19 October 1991 [ 3] 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) Deborah Findlay , Beth Goddard , Lesley Manville 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 Leslie Phillips , Nigel Hawthorne , Simon Callow , David Troughton , Alfred Molina , Nicholas Farrell , Nigel Planer , Lee Cornes 9 November 1991 2 1 Tales from Hollywood Christopher Hampton Howard Davies (d), Simon Curtis (p) Jeremy Irons , Alec Guinness , Elizabeth McGovern , Sinéad Cusack Ian Thompson , George Raistrick , Jack Shepherd , Lynn Farleigh , Mike McShane , Iain Rattray 19 October 1992 (U.S.) 14 November 1992 (UK) 2 2 A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen David Thacker , Simon Curtis Juliet Stevenson , Trevor Eve , Geraldine James , Patrick Malahide , David Calder , Helen Blatch 21 November 1992 [ 4] 2 3 Roots Arnold Wesker Simon Curtis (d/p) Jane Horrocks, Pam Ferris , Imelda Staunton , Christopher Eccleston , Timothy Spall 28 November 1992 2 4 After the Dance Terence Rattigan Stuart Burge (d), Simon Curtis (p) Anton Rodgers , Gemma Jones , Imogen Stubbs , John Bird , Geoffrey Beevers 5 December 1992 2 5 Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello Bill Bryden (d), Simon Curtis (p) Brian Cox , John Hurt , Tara Fitzgerald , Susan Fleetwood , Brian Glover , Steven Mackintosh 12 December 1992 3 1 The Maitlands Robert MacKenzie Lindsay Posner (d), Simon Curtis (p) Eileen Atkins , Jennifer Ehle , Bill Nighy, Edward Fox , Samuel West 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 , Helen McCrory , Bill Owen , Billie Whitelaw 4 December 1993 3 4 The Changeling Thomas Middleton and William Rowley Michael Hastings (adaptation) Simon Curtis (p) Bob Hoskins , Elizabeth McGovern, Hugh Grant, Leslie Phillips, Sean Pertwee 11 December 1993 4 1 Message for Posterity Dennis Potter David Jones (d), Simon Curtis (p) John Neville , Eric Porter , Ronald Pickup, Sophie Thompson , Abigail Cruttenden , Annette Crosbie , Tony Haygarth , Patrick Godfrey , Nicholas Selby , Stephen Moore 29 October 1994 4 2 Measure for Measure William Shakespeare David Thacker (d) Tom Wilkinson , Corin Redgrave , Juliet Aubrey , Ian Bannen, David Bradley , Geoffrey Beevers, Rob Edwards , Sue Johnston 5 November 1994 4 3 The Deep Blue Sea Terence Rattigan Karel Reisz (d) Simon Curtis (p) Penelope Wilton , Ian Holm, Colin Firth , Stephen Tompkinson , Geraldine Somerville , Edward Tudor-Pole 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 , Mike McShane Vincent Wong 26 November 1994 5 1 Shadow of a Gunman Sean O'Casey Nye Heron Kenneth Branagh , Stephen Rea, James Ellis 7 October 1995 5 2 The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd D. H. Lawrence Katie Mitchell (d) Zoë Wanamaker , Stephen Dillane , Colin Firth, Brenda Bruce 14 October 1995 5 3a Landscape Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (d), Simon Curtis (p) Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton 21 October 1995 5 3b Bed Jim Cartwright Steve Shill (d), Kevin Loader Renée Asherson , Robin Bailey , June Brown , Maurice Denham , Richard E. Grant , Lionel Jeffries 21 October 1995 5 4 Henry IV (Pt 1 & Pt 2 )William Shakespeare (plays), John Caird (adaptation) John Caird (d), Annie Castledine (p) Ronald Pickup, John Woodvine , Peter Jeffrey , Joseph O'Conor , David Calder, Geoffrey Hutchings , Jane Horrocks, Elizabeth Spriggs , Peter-Hugo Daly , Paul Eddington , Clive Kneller , Toby Jones 28 October 1995 5 5 After Miss Julie Patrick Marber , August Strindberg Patrick Marber (d), Fiona Finlay Geraldine Somerville, Phil Daniels , Kathy Burke 4 November 1995 6 1 Company Stephen Sondheim Sam Mendes (d), Simon Curtis (ex p) Adrian Lester , Sheila Gish , Sophie Thompson 1 March 1997 6 2 My Night with Reg Kevin Elyot Roger Michell (d), Kevin Loader (p) David Bamber , John Sessions , Anthony Calf, Kenneth MacDonald 15 March 1997 6 3 Richard II William Shakespeare Deborah Warner (d), John Wyver (p) Fiona Shaw (as Richard II), Graham Crowden , Richard Bremmer , Julian Rhind-Tutt , Donald Sinden 22 March 1997 6 4 Broken Glass Arthur Miller David Thacker (d), Fiona Finlay (p) Henry Goodman , Margot Leicester , Mandy Patinkin , Elizabeth McGovern, Ed Bishop 29 March 1997 6 5 Macbeth on the Estate William Shakespeare, Penny Woolcock (adaptation) Penny Woolcock (d), Alison Gilby (p) James Frain , Susan Vidler, Ray Winstone 5 April 1997 7 1 King Lear William Shakespeare Richard Eyre (d), Sue Birtwistle , Joy Spink (p) Ian Holm Timothy West , Amanda Redman , Michael Bryant 21 March 1998