John Kennedy Melling

John Kennedy Melling (11 January 1927 – 10 October 2018) was a British accountant, writer and broadcaster on theatre.

Melling built a large collection of theatre ephemera and was a drama critic for The Stage for 30 years.[1][2]

Selected publications

• Southend Playhouses from 1793 (1969)
• Discovering Lost Theatres (1969)
• Discovering London's Guilds and Liveries (1973)
• Discovering Theatre Ephemera (1974)
• Murder Done to Death: Parody and Pastiche in Detective Fiction (1996)

References

1. "John Kennedy Melling obituary". The Times. 4 December 2018. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021 – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
2. "Hitchcock's man in Essex". Echo. 4 May 2012.