''Middle-Age Spread'' is a 1977 play written by New Zealand playwright
Roger Hall that premiered at the
Circa Theatre
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in
Wellington, New Zealand. The play was later staged at the London
West End
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Pl ...
Lyric Theatre in 1978, winning the
Laurence Olivier Award Comedy of the Year.
Film adaptation
The play was adapted by
Keith Aberdein
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, released in
16 mm film
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format in 1979, directed by
John Reid, with
Grant Tilly
Grant Leonard Ridgway Tilly (12 December 1937 – 10 April 2012) was a New Zealand stage, movie and television actor, set designer, teacher and artist.
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Grant Tilly was educated in Wellington, taking art at Wellington Tech ...
, Donna Akersten, Dorothy McKegg, and
Bridget Armstrong
Bridget Armstrong (born 1937, Dunedin) is a New Zealand actress. She appeared on stage, film and TV several times, including '' The Lost Tribe (The Goodies)''; as Nurse Rosemary Layton, in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' ' episode, ''We Shall See' ...
.
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1977 plays
Comedy plays
Laurence Olivier Award-winning plays
Plays by Roger Hall
West End plays
New Zealand plays
New Zealand plays adapted into films
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