{"product_id":"diaries-1969-1977","title":"Diaries 1969-1977","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Playwright's Candid Chronicle of Theatre's Golden Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Nichols' personal record of a transformative theatrical era\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\u003c!-- Access Your Content --\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 16px; border-radius: 6px; background: #f9f9f9; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003eAccess Your Content in Seconds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete your purchase on our store.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (free).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog in using the same email from checkout.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour ebook will appear instantly in your library.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"\u003eAll content is securely delivered through our app and not offered as a Shopify download.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe playwright Peter Nichols was a compulsive diarist all his life. He wrote for himself alone, responding to an urge to record the daily doings, private and professional, of his family, his fellows - and himself. The resulting diaries are candid, insightful, and often as shockingly funny as his plays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis selection, republished to mark the playwright's 90th birthday, covers the extraordinarily fruitful period between his first real hit, \u003cem\u003eA Day in the Death of Joe Egg\u003c\/em\u003e, to the stirrings of his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003ePassion Play\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the seventies dawn, Peter Nichols is watching \u003cem\u003eJoe Egg\u003c\/em\u003e being filmed - and hating it. His next play, \u003cem\u003eThe National Health\u003c\/em\u003e, is doing good box office for Olivier's National Theatre - but Olivier is hating it. And \u003cem\u003eForget-Me-Not Lane\u003c\/em\u003e is shortly to open at the new Greenwich Theatre amid much anxiety. And then there are three small children (and a fourth in long-term hospital) to cope with, an extended family and the renovation of a tumbledown barn in rural France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is one of the most revealing and hilarious accounts of a writer's life, and how – whatever success comes along – everyday life will keep getting in the way. As Nichols attempts to negotiate the world he has found himself in – a world populated by the likes of Albert Finney, Kenneth Tynan, Stephen Sondheim, Michael Frayn and John Osborne – he finds that he is never free from having to entertain his in-laws or cope with children vomiting in the back seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNichols' \u003cem\u003eDiaries\u003c\/em\u003e are a brilliantly funny, acerbic study of theatrical life, a warts-and-all portrait of parenthood, and a fascinating companion to that remarkable decade, the Seventies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sometimes he says terrible things that strike home to one's heart' \u003c\/b\u003eMichael Frayn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy You'll Love This Ebook\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperience an unfiltered insider's view of British theatre in the 1970s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover the working life of one of Britain's most original playwrights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead intimate accounts of major productions, collaborators, and rivalries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore Nick Hern Books' definitive collection of theatrical diaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeter Nichols (1927-2019) was a British playwright whose plays include \u003cem\u003eA Day in the Death of Joe Egg\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrivates on P\u003c\/em\u003ea\u003cem\u003erade \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003ePassion P\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003elay\u003c\/em\u003e. Collectively his plays won four Evening Standard Awards, a Society of West End Theatres Award for Best Comedy and two Ivor Novello Best Musical Awards. He also wrote for television, film and radio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (EPUB):\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781780019048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 27 July 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebook (EPUB)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nick Hern Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do I access my ebook?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDownload \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thegreyhill.com\/pages\/the-grey-hill-app\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grey Hill App\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and log in using the same email you used at checkout. 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