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.

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)