File On Nichols

&quote;We are not short of good playwrights in Britain, but I know of none with Nichols' power to put modern Britain on the stage and send the spectators away feeling more like members of the human race&quote; (Irving Wardle, The Times).Among Nichols' most important plays are A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, The National Health and Forget-me-Not Lane.Writers-Files is an important series documenting the work of major dramatists of the last hundred years. Each volume contains a comprehensive checklist of all the writer's plays, with a detailed performance history, excerpted reviews and a selection of the writers' own comments on their work.&quote;Methuen are to be congratulated on launching this series...extremely useful to theatre professionals as well as to students and teachers of drama&quote; (David Bradby, Speech and Drama)