Michael Billington (critic)

Michael Billington

OBE
Billington in 2010
Billington in 2010
BornMichael Keith Billington
(1939-11-16) 16 November 1939 (age 85)
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Occupation
  • Author
  • arts critic
EducationWarwick School
Alma materSt Catherine's College, Oxford (BA)
Period1961–present
Genre
  • Criticism
  • biography
Notable works
  • Harold Pinter (biography)
  • State of the Nation: British Theatre Since 1945
  • The 101 Greatest Plays: From Antiquity to the Present
Notable awardsTheatre Book Prize
Spouse
Jeanine Bradlaugh
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(m. 1978)​
Children1

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]

  1. ^ "Featured Alumni: Michael Billington: Author and Arts Critic, St Catherine's College". University of Oxford. alumni.ox.ac.uk. 29 October 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Weigand was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Billington, Michael (3 October 2007). "Profile". Theatre & Performing Arts: The Blog. London: blogs.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2008.
  4. ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2003). "Billington, Michael". International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. London: Routledge, 2003. p. 55. ISBN 1-85743-179-0.
  5. ^ "Events: Michael Billington: 'State of the Nation'". Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.