Who Laughs Last

Television (Excerpts) – 2006 Documentary

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Who Laughs Last profiles Roger Hall, New Zealand’s most successful playwright. Three decades after the opening of Hall's Middle Age Spread became a hit, the original cast return for 2006 follow up Spreading Out. The Shirley Horrocks doco explores the secrets behind Hall’s successful brand of comedy (25+ stage plays, plus TV series and musical comedies) and closely explores the popularity of Middle Age Spread and Spreading Out. Among those interviewed are John Clarke, Ginette McDonald, the late Grant Tilly, and Hall himself.

Key Cast & Crew

Shirley Horrocks

Director, Writer, Producer, Research

Roger Horrocks

Writer, Research

Fiona Samuel

Actor

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To have the original cast, I think that's sort of a Guinness Book of Records thing. I don't know that anyone has ever done a sequel to a play 27 years later with four of the major original cast members.
– Director Ross Jolly

Produced by

Point of View Productions

Source

Point of View Productions

Availability

Available on DVD from Roadshow (Education), Point of View Productions and Aro Video.