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Story: Plays and playwrights

Roger Hall, 2006

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Middle-age spread,a comedy byRoger Hall, one of New Zealand's best-known playwrights, was first performed in 1979. Twenty-seven years later the original cast performed Hall's update on the play, Spreading out.This clip from a 2006 documentary about Hall shows the audience reaction on opening night, a comment from cast member Ray Henwood, and Hall reflecting on his career.

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Point of View Productions

Reference: Who laughs last. Director, Shirley Horrocks. Auckland: Point of View Productions, 2006

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Murray Edmond, Plays and playwrights – Theatrical explosion: 1960s and 1970s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/43953/roger-hall-2006 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Murray Edmond, published 16 January 2014.