The chance to play well-written, well-rounded and likeable characters was something that drew all three of the leads to the play and, in the case of Pitt, a chance to reprise a role he first performed a few years ago.
Waipukurau-based Pitt, now retired, has been in 60 shows so far.
He decided to give the stage a try more than 30 years ago.
"My stepson had a part in a play. I always thought I would like to do it too and I thought if he can do it as a 17-year-old I was sure I could."
One of his most memorable roles was playing Hugh the Welshman, first in Roger Hall's Glide Time, then later Gliding On.
When he moved to Central Hawke's Bay in 1998, he started in plays with Waipukurau Little Theatre, a couple of non-singing roles with the Waipawa Musical and Dramatic Society, and has also appeared in Theatre Hawke's Bay productions.
Ex-army corporal Foggy is a great character in that he comes up with big ideas that his friends reluctantly go along with - and his way of embellishing just how important his career has been is also a laugh.
"I think it worked so well in the series because they represent three different aspects of the human condition, everyone can relate to them."
The chance to be somebody else for a short time is also an attraction, he says, a sentiment shared by the other two leads.
Moore, a lecturer in wine science at EIT, became involved with Napier Repertory through his interest in writing and directing.
He has appeared in several plays now and going on stage has felt like a natural progression. Clegg is, in some ways, the only calm voice of reason.
"It's a lot of fun and, for me, it helps with my writing. I can see every sort of plan and action from an actor's perspective."
Davidson, a drama and classics teacher at Napier Girls' High School, and Dean, says he has been "bitten by the play bug" again but with a busy schedule next year, including directing the school show, any more stage appearances may have to wait until 2015.
Davidson dabbled in street theatre but really didn't get into acting until 1990, working on plays and musicals.
One of them was Dirty Weekends, coincidentally playing the husband to Richardson's wife. It was the first time he sang on stage, at the time a terrifying prospect.
The scruffy Compo is a wicked old man "in a nice way", he says, particularly with his unrequited love for Nora Batty a long-running theme.
"The characters are so nicely drawn and it's a challenge too when you're acting as someone everybody knows."
Last of the Summer Wine, Napier Little Theatre, 8pm, October 9-19.
Tickets from the Napier Municipal Theatre
