What is Peter Nichols?
{{Infobox person | name = Peter Richard Nichols<br><small>{{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|CBE|FRSL}}</small> | image = Peter Richard Nichols 2 (1).jpg | caption = Playwright | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bristol]], England | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|9|7|1927|7|31|df=y}} | occupation= playwright, screenwriter, director, journalist }} '''Peter Richard Nichols'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/671144/NY18_Queens_List_-_Final_.pdf|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|title=New Year's Honours 2018|work=[[Gov.uk]]|publisher=[[Government Digital Service]]|date=29 December 2017|access-date=29 December 2017|page=18}}</ref> {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|CBE|FRSL}} (31 July 1927 &ndash; 7 September 2019) was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and journalist. His best known works were ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'', ''[[Passion Play (play)|Passion Play]]'' and ''[[Poppy (1982 musical)|Poppy]]''. Nichols was appointed [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2018 New Year Honours]] for services to drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42503068|title=In pictures: Entertainment stars recognised in New Year Honours|author=Entertainment & Arts team|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=29 December 2017|access-date=23 March 2017}}</ref> Nichols died on 7 September 2019 at the age of 92.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/sep/09/peter-nichols-playwright-joe-egg-dies-aged-92 Peter Nichols, playwright best known for Joe Egg, dies aged 92]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nichols, Peter}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:English playwrights]] [[Category:English screenwriters]] [[Category:English journalists]] [[Category:Writers from Bristol]] {{bio-stub}}