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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78954-78956
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XI-XIII. ‘A Day in the Death of Joe Egg’; 8 April 1963-15 April 1993, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed at the Citizens’ Theatre, Glasgow, on 9 May 1967, and transferred to the Comedy Theatre, London on 20 July 1967. On both occasions the play was directed by Michael Blakemore. The production won the Evening Standard Drama Awards Best Play of the Year and the John Whiting Award. American premiere at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York, on 1 Feb. 1968. F...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 8 Apr 1963-15 Apr 1993
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78957-78959
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XIV-XVI. ‘Euphoria’ or ‘About Turner’ or ‘The Flying Man’; 11 Dec. 1987-1 Sept. 1995, n.d. Mostly word-processed. Unperformed play which Peter Nichols later adapted as a novel, see Add. 79074-79075. Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 11 Dec 1987-1 Sep 1995
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78960-78962
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XVII-XIX. ‘Forget-Me-Not Lane’; 1931, 6 Sept. 1932, 2 April 1971-3 Sept. 1998, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed on 1 April 1971 at the Greenwich Theatre, subsequently transferring to the Apollo Theatre, London, on 28 April. Voted Best Play by the Variety Poll of London Critics. It premiered in the United States at the Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, in April 1973, and this production was filmed and transmitted by WNET television. For the television ada...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1931-1998
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78963-78964
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XX-XXI. ‘The Freeway’; May 1973-19 Nov. 1974, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed by the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, London, on 1 October 1974, and later played at the Milwaukee Rep, Milwaukee, WI, during the 1978-1979 season. The Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, holds a typewritten draft dated July 1974. For the radio adaptation, see Add. 79086-79087. Some of the characters and situations were ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: May 1973-19 Nov 1974
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78965-78966
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXII-XXIII. ‘Harding’s Luck’; Nov. 1970, 1974, n.d. Mostly typewritten. ‘A play for children adapted from the novel by E. Nesbit.’ First performed at the Greenwich Theatre on 26 Dec. 1974. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1970-1974
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78969-78970
Title:: B. NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXVI-XXVII B. ‘The National Health or Nurse Norton’s Affair’; 20 March 1966-2 June 1980, n.d. Mostly typewritten and autograph. First performed by the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic, London, on 16 Oct. 1969, where the production won the Evening Standard Drama Awards Best Play of the Year. American premiere at the Forum Theater, Chicago, IL, on 20 April 1972. For the film adaptation, see Add. 79061-79063. The stage play is based on ‘The End Beds’, a t...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 20 Mar 1966-2 Jun 1980
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78972-78974
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXIX-XXXI. ‘Passion Play’; 2 April 1980-6 April 1998, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 8 Jan. 1981, and revived at Wyndham’s Theatre, London, on 18 April 1984 following a transfer from Leicester. The original production won the Evening Standard Drama Awards Best Play of the Year. First American production as ‘Passion’ at the Longacre Theatre, New York, on 15 May 1983. For the film adaptat...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 2 Apr 1980-6 Apr 1998
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78976-78978
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXXIII-XXXV. ‘A Piece of my Mind’; 1985-13 May 1987. Mostly word-processed. First performed at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, on 15 Jan. 1987, before its London premiere at the Apollo Theatre on 1 April 1987. Co-directed by Peter Nichols and Justin Greene. For the musical adaptation, see Add. 78979. Published as A Piece of my Mind (1987). Three volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1985-13 May 1987
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78980-78984
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XXXVII-XLI. ‘Poppy’; 1979-27 Dec. 1989. Mostly typewritten. The work combines the forms of the musical and the traditional pantomime for a colonial satire set in the context of the Opium Wars. Book and lyrics by Peter Nichols and music by Monty Norman. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican Theatre, London, on 5 Oct. 1982, and won the Society of West End Theatres Best Musical Award. For ‘A Better Mousetrap’, Peter Nichols’s first experim...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1979-27 Dec 1989
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 78985-78988
Title:: NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. XLII-XLV. ‘Privates on Parade’; April 1975-11 Jan. 1996, n.d. First performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, on 17 Feb. 1977, with music by Dennis King. From 1946 to 1947, Peter Nichols served in a similar entertainment troupe to the one depicted in the play. The original production won the Evening Standard Drama Awards Best Play of the Year, the Ivor Novello Award for Best British Musical and the Society of West End Theatres Best ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Apr 1975-11 Jan 1996
Extent:: 4 items

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