Robert Lord (playwright)

Robert Lord
Born
Robert Lord

(1945-07-18)18 July 1945
Rotorua, New Zealand
Died7 January 1992(1992-01-07) (aged 46)
Dunedin, New Zealand
OccupationPlaywright

Robert Lord (18 July 1945 – 7 January 1992) was the first New Zealand professional playwright. He was one of the first New Zealand playwrights to have plays produced abroad since Merton Hodge in the 1930s (following Bruce Mason and James K. Baxter).