Michael Coveney was born in Whitechapel, London, educated at St Ignatius College, Stamford Hill, and Worcester College, Oxford.
He has been the script reader at Royal Court Theatre, then editor of Plays and Players magazine and the chief theatre critic, successively, on the Financial Times, the Observer and the Daily Mail..
Michael Coveney was born in Whitechapel, London, educated at St Ignatius College, Stamford Hill, and Worcester College, Oxford