for children and family audiences (with a series of pantomimes, staged annually at Circa Theatre from 2005 to 2012 and 2014–2015). in the 21st century has also been a frequent book reviewer and travel journalist in publications such as the New Zealand Listener, New Zealand Herald and Dominion-Post. He has a son and a daughter. His daughter, Pip Hall, is a playwright and television producer. Honours and awards Hall was a Burns Fellow in 1977 and in 1978. In the 1987 New Year Honours, he was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for community service. Victoria University made him an Honorary Doctor of Literature in 1996. He was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services as a playwright. In 2006 he was the subject of documentary Who Laughs Last. In 2014 he was presented a Scroll of Honour from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc for a lifetime of excellence in the performing arts. In 2015 he was awarded the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement in Fiction. In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hall was promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to theatre. See also :Category:Plays by Roger Hall Television in New Zealand References Further reading Hall, Roger (1977). Glide Time. Wellington: Victoria University Press. Hall, Roger (1978). Middle Age Spread. Wellington: Victoria University Press. Hall, Roger (1979). State of the Play. Wellington: Victoria University Press. Hall, Roger (1980). Prisoners of Mother England. Wellington: Playmarket. Hall, Roger (1982). Fifty Fifty. Wellington: VIctoria University Press. Hall, Roger (1983). Hot Water. Wellington: Victoria University Press. Hall, Roger (1983). The Quiz in On Stage Book 1: 4 Plays for Secondary Schools ed. Dowling, David. Auckland: Longman Paul. Hall, Roger (1984). Footrot Flats. Wellington: Playmarket / Independent Newspapers Limited. Hall, Roger (1988). The Share Club. Wellington: Victoria University Press. Hall, Roger (1992). Conjugal Rites. New York: Samuel French Inc. Hall, Roger (9 March 1978). "What is so wrong with children's television in New Zealand". Otago Daily Times, p. 4. Hall, Roger (January 1981). "The painter of Mt Pisa". Air New Zealand Skyway, pp. 20–24. Hall, Roger (17 October 1987). "Dramatic lapses". New Zealand Listener, p. 61. Hall, Roger (4 February 1990). "Favourites". Sunday, p. 41. Hall, Roger (March 1996). "Family ties: Halls of fame". North and South, no. 120, p. 14.