Services, Or They All Do It
- Synopsis
- A performance recorded at the Gate theatre in London, on 19 February 1996 in the Gate Biennale, a celebration of contemporary European theatre. The play, written in 1994 by Austrian Elfriede Jelinek, translated by Nick Grindell, and directed here by Annie Siddons, concerns two married women, weary of the sterility of their sexual existences, who arrange a secret liaison with two men code-named Moose and Bear who offer raw animal sex in a dingy motorway service station. Constructed along the lines of ‘Cosi Fan Tutti’, this cruel and pornographic comedy was premiered in Vienna in 1995.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. S-VHS. col. 80 min.
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- REFERENCE ONLY
- Notes
- The technical quality of the recording is poor.
Paired with CAT AND MOUSE (SHEEP). - Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama - contemporary; Jelinek, Elfriede
Credits
- Writer
- Elfriede Jelinek; Nick Grindell
- Contributor
- Annie Siddons
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
- services@bufvc.ac.uk
- Web
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- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- York House
221 Pentonville Road
London
N1 9UZ - Notes
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