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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.
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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)
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