Michael Billington | |
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Born | Michael Keith Billington 16 November 1939 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England |
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Education | Warwick School |
Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford (BA) |
Period | 1961–present |
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Notable awards | Theatre Book Prize |
Spouse |
Jeanine Bradlaugh (m. 1978) |
Children | 1 |
Michael Keith Billington OBE (born 16 November 1939) is a British author and arts critic.[1] He writes for The Guardian, and was the paper's chief drama critic from 1971 to 2019.[2] Billington is "Britain's longest-serving theatre critic" and the author of biographical and critical studies relating to British theatre and the arts. He is the authorised biographer of the playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008).[3][4][5]
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