Middle-Age Spread

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Middle-Age Spread
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Written byRoger Hall
Date premiered1977
Place premieredCirca Theatre
Wellington, New Zealand
Original languageEnglish
Subjectas a conventional dinner proceeds a series of flashbacks to the preceding weeks shows hidden links and stresses among all three couples
GenreComedy

Middle-Age Spread is a 1977 play written by New Zealand playwright Roger Hall that premiered at the Circa Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] The play was later staged at the London West End Lyric Theatre in 1978, winning the Laurence Olivier Award Comedy of the Year.

Film adaptation[]

Main article: Middle Age Spread

The play was adapted by , released in 16 mm film format in 1979, directed by , with Grant Tilly, Donna Akersten, Dorothy McKegg, and Bridget Armstrong.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Thomson, John E. P. (1984). New Zealand Drama, 1930-1980: An Illustrated History. Auckland: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-558107-5.
  2. ^ "Middle Age Spread". The New Zealand Film Archive. 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2009.

Further reading[]

  • Hall, Roger (1978). Middle-Age Spread (First ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: Price Milburn for Victoria University Press. ISBN 0-7055-0664-9.

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