Abigail's Party is a 1977 British BBC 'Play for Today' television comedy drama film. It features Alison Steadman, Tim Stern, Janine Duvitski, John Salthouse, and Harriet Reynolds. Beverly wears low-cut dresses, too much make-up, and has a reputation as a man-eating monster. She turns a social get-together between married couples into a virtual time-bomb of emotional tension. Play for Today is a British BBC television anthology drama series, which originally aired between 1970 and 1984.