. "Willis Edward Hall (6 April 1929 \u2013 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio and television writer who drew on his working class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. His best-known work was a stage adaptation of the 1959 novel Billy Liar (1960), co-written with the book's author and Hall's lifelong friend and collaborator Keith Waterhouse."@en . "Willis Hall"@en . . "English playwright and screenwriter" . "1929Z"^^ . . "2005-03-07Z"^^ . . . . "Willis Edward Hall"@en . . "2005Z"^^ . "Hall, Willis"@en . "1929-04-06Z"^^ . . .