User:John Thaxter

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John Thaxter, married and with two grown-up children, is a life-long theatre enthusiast and a freelance drama critic working in London since 1979. A member of The Critics' Circle.

John has contributed regularly to Wikipedia since March 2006, providing a theatrical balance to Wikipedia articles about British performing arts practitioners that would otherwise focus mainly on their screen careers. See for example 'theatre career' listings for: Noël Coward (a complete listing of his plays, musicals and revues), Laurence Olivier, Frances Barber, Jill Bennett, Anna Carteret, Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Helen Mirren, Amanda Root and many others.

Directors including: Lindsay Anderson, Michael Boyd, Frank Dunlop, Peter Gill, Christopher Morahan, David Jones, Sam Walters etc. Also playwrights: Simon Gray, Ronald Harwood and Peter Nichols; critics Milton Shulman and Sheridan Morley; the founding of the Gate Theatre Studio (in collaboration with User:Dnfenner) and the Orange Tree Theatre; as well as articles linked to The Critics' Circle, including the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and other UK theatre awards.

John also values the co-operation of User:Angmering (especially for the Kew Palace and Helen Mirren pics) and the ever helpful User:MarnetteD, without whom......