Curiosidades

Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1968 as author of Best Play nominee "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg," and in 1975 as author of Best Play nominee "The National Health."

His play, "Passion Play," was awarded the 1984 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

His play, "The National Health," on Broadway in New York City was nominated for a 1975 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Play.

He has freely admitted that several of his plays are autobiographical. It has been widely remarked that Nichols has, in these plays, a tendency to depict himself in a most unflattering light.

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Drama. He was a playwright in Oxfordshire, England.

Former teacher and actor, trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to drama.

Did his compulsory National Service as a clerk in Calcutta and later in the Combined Services Entertainment Unit in Singapore. His fellow-soldiers in the latter unit included Kenneth Williams, Stanley Baxter and John Schlesinger.