Nichols, Peter (Richard)
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Nichols, Peter (Richard) (1927– ), playwright, born and educated in Bristol. He served with the RAF in the Far East, then trained as an actor and teacher. His works include
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967), in which a schoolteacher and his wife struggle to share the burden of their handicapped daughter;
The National Health (1969, pub. 1970), a satirical hospital comedy;
Forget-Me-Not-Lane (1971), a family drama;
Privates on Parade (1977, set in Malaya); and
Passion Play (1980, pub. 1981), a marital tragic-comedy.
Feeling You're Behind (1984) is an autobiography.
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