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''[[Middle Age Spread]]'' is a play by Roger Hall [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hall].
 
''[[Middle Age Spread]]'' is a play by Roger Hall [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Hall].
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==The original text==
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Written by New Zealand playwright Roger Hall, the play premiered at the Circa Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand in 1977[1]. It was later staged at the London West End Lyric Theatre in 1978, winning the Laurence Olivier Award Comedy of the Year.
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1980: [[Helen Jessop]] starred in this play with [[Rex Garner]], [[Eric Flynn]], [[Tammy Bonell]] and [[Christine le Brocq]]. [[Pieter Toerien]] sponsored a tour of the play directed by [[Stephen Hollis]] (e.g. at the [[Baxter Theatre]] 19 August - 6 September) before it opened at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] in October 1980.
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1980: [[Pieter Toerien]] produced the play,  directed by [[Stephen Hollis]], with [[Helen Jessop]], [[Rex Garner]], [[Eric Flynn]], [[Tammy Bonell]] and [[Christine le Brocq]]. It went on a national tour, (''inter alia'' playing at the [[Baxter Theatre]] 19 August - 6 September), before opening at the [[André Huguenet Theatre]] in October.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

Revision as of 10:12, 20 November 2023

Middle Age Spread is a play by Roger Hall [1].

The original text

Written by New Zealand playwright Roger Hall, the play premiered at the Circa Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand in 1977[1]. It was later staged at the London West End Lyric Theatre in 1978, winning the Laurence Olivier Award Comedy of the Year.

Performance history in South Africa

1980: Pieter Toerien produced the play, directed by Stephen Hollis, with Helen Jessop, Rex Garner, Eric Flynn, Tammy Bonell and Christine le Brocq. It went on a national tour, (inter alia playing at the Baxter Theatre 19 August - 6 September), before opening at the André Huguenet Theatre in October.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-Age_Spread

Theatre programme held by NELM: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 21. 49.

Information about individual cast members published in SACD.

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