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Horseplay

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<em>Horseplay</em>

James K. Baxter and Ronald Hugh Morrieson were two hard-drinking mavericks of New Zealand literature who never crossed paths in real life. Ken Duncum's 2010 comedy Horseplaybrings them together in Morrieson's kitchen in 1972 Hāwera. This photo shows the original Auckland Theatre Company production of Horseplay, directed by Simon Bennett, with John Leigh as Morrieson (left) and Tim Balme as Baxter. 

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Murray Edmond, Plays and playwrights – Theatre into the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/43974/horseplay (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Murray Edmond, published 16 January 2014.