Peter (Richard) Nichols - Plays

Playwright, born in Bristol, SW England, UK. He worked as an actor and schoolteacher before he began writing television plays in the early 1960s. His first stage success came with A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg (1967, filmed 1971). Other works include the screenplays Catch Us If You Can (1965) and Georgy Girl (1967), and the plays Privates on Parade (1977, filmed 1983), A Piece of My Mind (1986), and Blue Murder (1995).

Peter Nichols (born 31 July 1927) is an English writer of stage plays, film and television.

Born in Bristol, England, he was educated at Bristol Grammar School, and then did his National Service in the RAF for three years, going on to study acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His first play for the stage was "The Hooded Terror", part of a season of new plays at the Little Theatre in Bristol which included "Cockade" by another new playwright Charles Wood.

Nichols' plays are hard to categorize.

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg is a one-set drama in music hall style.

Despite the comic style, Nichols' plays deal with the most serious of themes.

Joe Egg is based on Nichols' own experiences of raising a handicapped child.

Plays

His plays include:

So Long Life Nicholodeon Born in the Garden Blue Murder A Piece of My Mind Poppy (1982 musical) Privates on Parade (1977) Harding's Luck The Freeway Chez Nous (1974) The Hooded Terror (1964) Passion Play (1981) A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1967) The National Health (1969) Forget-Me-Not-Lane (1971)

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg won two Tony Awards.