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Letter: He has written with a more influential left-of-centre perspective than any other critic since Kenneth Tynan, writes Nicholas de Jongh

The news of Michael Billington’s retirement comes as a sadness and a shock, for even at the age of almost 80 his reviews have retained their persuasive power and fluency. No British newspaper drama critic has reacted so easily to theatre’s habit of change, and on virtually all occasions responded receptively to the shock of the worthwhile new.

 

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