NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. CXXVI-CXXVIII. ‘Remembrance Day’; 10 Sept. 1981-1994, n.d. Mostly word-processed. Unproduced film set in Bristol. For ‘Love Fifteen’, a novel based on ‘Remembrance Day’, see Add. 79083-79085. Three volumes.
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. CXXXI-CXXXII. ‘Euphoria’; Dec. 1994, n.d. Mostly word-processed. Unpublished novel. For the original play from which it was adapted, see Add. 78957-78959. Two volumes.
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. CXXXVIII-CXXXIX. ‘The Impressionists’; Dec. 1993-Nov. 1994. Mostly word-processed. Unpublished novel. In a letter dated 22 Aug. 2003, Peter Nichols advised that the title of this work will be revised. Two volumes.
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XXIV. ‘The Hooded Terror’; n.d. Typewritten with autograph revisions. Peter Nichols’s first stage production in Oct. 1964 by the Bristol Old Vic Company at the Little Theatre. For the original television play from which it was adapted, see Add. 79025. ff. 220. 1. ff. 1-4. ...
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XXV (ff. 152). ‘Macaroni’; Feb. 1996-May 1998. Mostly word-processed. Unperformed play about a young Englishman’s TEFL experiences in a Language School in Italy, which draws on Peter Nichols’s own experiences teaching in a Berlitz school in Florence. One of the characte...
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. XXVIII (ff. 74). ‘Nicholodeon; [circa 2000]. Typewritten draft, partly photocopied. First performed by the Show of Strength Theatre Company at the Tobacco Factory, Bedminster, Bristol, in 2000. The work is an anthology of Peter Nichols’s produced and unproduced work for...
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...
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. LXIII-LXIV. ‘Continuity Man’; 6 March 1962-11 March 1963, n.d. Mostly typewritten. First broadcast by the BBC on 10 March 1963. Two volumes.
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vol. LXVI-LXVII. ‘Dangerous Devices’; 11 Sept. 1990-Sept. 1992, n.d. Mostly word-processed. Unproduced television play in two parts. Two volumes.
NICHOLS PAPERS. Vols. LXXI-LXXII. ‘Funny Ideals’; Nov. 1979-Jan. 1983, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Unproduced series of comedies for television based on ‘Born in the Gardens’. For the original stage production, see Add. 78950. Two volumes.