Nichols, Peter Richard
Nichols, Peter Richard ( 1927 – ),playwright, born and educated in Bristol. He served with the RAF in the Far East, then returned to train and work as an actor and teacher before making his name with both stage and television plays. His works include A Day in the Death of Joe Egg ( 1967 ), in which schoolteacher Bri and his wife Sheila struggle to share the burden of their handicapped daughter Joe; The National Health ( 1969 , pub. 1970 ), a satirical hospital comedy which contrasts reality with soap opera; Forget-Me-Not-Lane ( 1971 ), a family drama set during the Second World War; Privates on Parade ( 1977 , set in Malaya); and Passion Play ( 1980 , pub. 1981 ), a marital tragicomedy. Feeling You're Behind ( 1984 ) is an autobiography.
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