Roger Leighton Hall, CNZM, QSO (b. Essex, England, 1939) is described as the most successful playwright of his generation. He writes comedies with a serious vein of social criticism and a feeling of pathos running through them. Hall's best-known work in New Zealand is probably "Glide Time" (1976), which depicts the frustrations and petty triumphs of a group of workers in a government office. Wikipedia
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While Halls plays are funny, their comedy is that of sorrowful resilience, like Chekhovs, and of serious social criticism. www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/hallroger.html