Abigail's Party

Abigail's Party is a 1977 play for stage and television created by Mike Leigh. It is a suburban situation comedy of manners, and a painfully well-observed satire on the aspirations and tastes of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s. The television version was simply the stage version videotaped directly, with no adaptation (although the record played by Beverly in the original stage production at the Hampstead Theatre was by Demis Roussos, and in the TV production it was by Jose Feliciano). It was shown as part of the BBC's famous Play for Today series.

External Links

• British Film Institute Screen Online