Middle-Age Spread Explained

Middle-Age Spread
Genre:Comedy
Subject:as a conventional dinner proceeds a series of flashbacks to the preceding weeks shows hidden links and stresses among all three couples
Premiere:1977
Place:Circa Theatre
Wellington, New Zealand
Orig Lang:English

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

See main article: article and Middle Age Spread.

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

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Thomson, John E. P. . New Zealand Drama, 1930-1980: An Illustrated History . Auckland . Oxford University Press . 1984 . 0-19-558107-5.
  2. Web site: Middle Age Spread . The New Zealand Film Archive . 2008 . 2009-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081103134228/http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/feature-project/pages/Middle-Spread.php . 2008-11-03 .