Nichols, Peter - Nichols, Peter 1927–
Nichols, Peter 1927–
A British writer for stage, screen, and television, Nichols is best known for his black comedy, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.
From almost every point of view Forget-Me-Not Lane looks like a summary of Nichols's work to date, gathering together its various threads and presenting them to us in a satisfactorily rounded whole with even more dazzling skill than A Day in the Death of Joe Egg or The National Health. And yet it is a real play; it gives completely the illusion (if it is an illusion) of organic growth; it resolutely shows us everything, tells us nothing. That is why we understand so much from it. And indeed the success of Nichols's campaign to broaden our dramatic responses probably derives first and foremost from the fact that he never set out to mount such a campaign, never had any intention except to write single plays mirroring an aspect of the world as he sees it. (p. 35)
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