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- Birth nameClive Alexander Barnes
- Clive Barnes was born on May 13, 1927 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Spoleto USA: A Festival Discovers America (1977), Camera Three (1954) and Live from Lincoln Center (1976). He was married to Valerie Margetson Taylor, Amy Pagnozzi, Patricia Amy Evelyn Winckley and Joyce Elizabeth Tolman. He died on November 19, 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesValerie Margetson Taylor(July 24, 2004 - November 19, 2008) (his death)Amy Pagnozzi(July 26, 1985 - 20??) (divorced)Patricia Amy Evelyn Winckley(July 26, 1958 - 19??) (divorced, 2 children)Joyce Elizabeth Tolman(January 4, 1947 - 1956) (divorced)
- Hired as chief dance critic for the New York Times in 1965. He was made chief drama critic in 1967, a position he held until his death in 2008.
- Longtime newspaper critic of New York theater and dance performances.
- Former dance critic for the London Spectator.
- Dance/drama/film critic at the London Daily Express from 1956-1965.
- He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1975.
- [reviewing a 1969 revival of 'Of Thee I Sing'] The Gershwins may still be out on their own, ahead of the field, in the American musical theater. This is an extraordinarily advanced kind of musical comedy. They were here actually straining toward proper, or more likely, improper operetta and had the courage to to use arias, ensembles - even, as unlikely as it sounds, recitatives - and the musical aspect of the show is as fresh as tomorrow.
- [on the late folksinger Harry Chapin] I first met him after I had panned his one and only Broadway show. He rang me up and asked me out to lunch. He even picked up the check. Seeing him occasionally elsewhere only reinforced this impression of a human being devoted to the world rather than to himself.
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