Michael Coveney
Autore di Maggie Smith: A Biography
Sull'Autore
Michael Coveney was born on July 24, 1948 in England. He was educated at St. Ignatius College, Stanford Hill and Worcester College, Oxford. After graduation, he worked as a script reader for the Royal Court Theatre and from 1972 he contributed theatre reviews to the Financial Times. He was deputy mostra altro editor (1973 - 75) and editor (1975-78) of Plays and Players magazine[1] and theatre critic and deputy arts editor of the Financial Times throughout the 1980s. He was theatre critic for The Observer from 1990 until he joined the Daily Mail in 1997, following the death of Jack Tinker. He remained at the Daily Mail until 2004. He is Chief Critic of the leading theatre website WhatsOnStage.com. He is the author of The Citz, a history of the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre 1990 and Maggie Smith: A Bright Particular Star, 1993. He has also published a biography of Andrew Lloyd Webber, and a revised edition of his biography of Maggie Smith will be published in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Michael Coveney
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1948-07-24
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- London, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Worcester College)
St Ignatius College, Stamford Hill, London, England, UK - Attività lavorative
- biographer
theatre critic - Organizzazioni
- The Observer
Daily Mail
Financial Times
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 16
- Utenti
- 260
- Popolarità
- #88,386
- Voto
- 3.2
- Recensioni
- 11
- ISBN
- 41
As someone from a long way away, the USA, this is a wonderful way to experience to at least some degree the beauty of these structures. Only one of my trips to London included going to the theatre and the one I went to is not included, so this book is a lot less expensive (though admittedly less fun) than making enough trips to visit each one.
I think what I most enjoyed, even more than the pictures, was the descriptions and history of each. Coupled with the images each theatre becomes a very real place for the reader. Speaking of the photographs, I thought there was a wonderful mix of the broad views (from the stage or from the back toward the stage) with details. Those pictures of the smaller details are the things that can often be missed even by a frequent theatregoer.
This book should appeal to both fans of the theatre as well as readers interested in architecture and photography.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (altro)