Michael Billington : Exclusive Interview From The Interview Online
Michael Billington
Michael Billington reflects over some of the 8000+ first nights he has attended and highlights a few of his favourite shows.
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In an in depth interview, he tells Nicola Barranger about how the great names like Lawrence Olivier dominated the British stage, how Billington and other audience members were shocked at the first night of Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, when Alan Bennett, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller took British Comedy onto a new level.
They also discuss the Thatcher years which saw such huge British musicals as Cats, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera become exports for the UK.