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Michael Billington (born on
16 November 1939 in Warwickshire, England) is a British author and journalist who has been the
theatre critic of
The Guardian newspaper, London, since 1971.
Early life
Billington attended the independent
Warwick School. In 1958 he went up to
St Catherine's College, Oxford. As a member of
Oxford University Dramatic Society in 1959 he played "The Priest" in
The Birds by
Aristophanes, his only appearance as an actor. The following year he directed a production of
The Bald Prima Donna which played in front of
Harold Hobson, the most important drama critic of the time, but it was poorly received. He married in 1978.
Career
In 1961
The Liverpool Daily Post and Echo gave Billington his first job as a journalist, but in 1962 he left to organise publicity for the Lincoln Theatre Company at the Theatre Royal,
Lincoln. His
Fleet Street career was launched in 1965, when he became an arts reviewer at
The Times. In 1968 he became the film reviewer for
The Illustrated London News and
The Birmingham Post. He moved from
The Times to his current position as
The Guardian's theatre critic in 1971. He is also the London Arts correspondent of
The New York Times and drama critic of
Country Life.
As a broadcaster Billington has written and presented television profiles of actors and contributed to many long-running arts programmes.
On 1 April 2008 his short-listed book
State of the Nation: British Theatre Since 1945 (Faber ISBN 0571210341), won the Society for Theatre Research annual prize for theatre books published in 2007. The award was presented by Sir Donald Sinden.
Books
- The Modern Actor (1973)
- How Tickled I Am: A Celebration of Ken Dodd (1977)
- Alan Ayckbourn (1983)
- Stoppard: The Playwright (1987)
- Peggy Ashcroft, John Murray (1988) ISBN 071954436X
- Approaches to Twelfth Night (editor 1990)
- One Night Stands: A Critic's View of British Theatre 1971-1991, Nick Hern Books (1993) ISBN 1854591851
- The Life and Work of Harold Pinter, Faber (1996) ISBN 0571171036
- Stage and Screen Lives (editor 2001)
- State of the Nation: British Theatre since 1945, Faber (2007) ISBN 0571210341
Honours
Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College
Visiting Professor, King's College LondonFurther Information
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