John Kennedy MellingJohn Kennedy Melling 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.Selected publicationsSouthend Playhouses from 1793 Discovering Lost Theatres Discovering London's Guilds and Liveries Discovering Theatre Ephemera ''Murder Done to Death: Parody and Pastiche in Detective Fiction''