26 Aug 2019

Farewell Ray Henwood: Peter Hambleton.

From Afternoons, 1:20 pm on 26 August 2019

The actor and director, Peter Hambleton talks to Jesse Mulligan about the veteran actor, Ray Henwood, who has died aged 83.

He appeared in nearly every play Roger Hall wrote from the very beginning, including playing the handsome Welshman Hugh, in Glide Time which went on to become the popular sitcom Gliding On.

Ray moved to New Zealand with an honours degree in chemistry and went on to have a career in science, but his real love was theatre, and he was instrumental in setting up Wellington's Circa theatre, which celebrated 40 years in 2016.

Ray Henwood as King Lear

Ray Henwood as King Lear Photo: Circa Theatre