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Kenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer. Initially making his mark as a critic at The Observer, he praised John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger (1956) and encouraged the emerging wave of British theatrical talent.
Kenneth Tynan was one of the most famous theatrical critics of the 20th Century. He earned his own permanent place in the history of the English theater when he became the first dramaturg of Laurence Olivier, when the great actor finally realized his dream and became the director of the new National Theatre.
A Hell of a Fade-Out. Suffering from emphysema, the great British theater critic Kenneth Tynan arrived in Santa Monica in 1976 with his dazzling second wife, Kathleen, their two children, and...
The finest drama critic since George Bernard Shaw, architect of Olivier's National Theatre repertoire, deviser of the erotic revue Oh! Calcutta!, journalist and social reformer, Kenneth Tynan was, in Tom Stoppard's words, "the product of our time, but our time was of his making."
Jan 12, 2002 · When Kenneth Tynan died of emphysema in Los Angeles in 1980, the world lost not only the finest drama critic of the age, but one of its greatest wits.
Aug 24, 2003 · Kenneth Tynan, who died in 1980 at 53, was regarded by many people as the greatest drama critic since Shaw. On the staff of The Observer in London, he also served several celebrated stints as a...
enneth Tynan, one of Britain's foremost drama critics, whose erudite and controversial opinions earned him a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic, died of pulmonary emphysema in Santa...
Sep 23, 2008 · Drama documentary on the life of critic, impresario and dandy of the 1960s sexual revolution, Kenneth Tynan, whose theatre criticism was celebrated for its incisive...
Kenneth Peacock Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was an English theatre critic and writer. Initially making his mark as a critic at The Observer, he praised John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger (1956) and encouraged the emerging wave of British theatrical talent.
Mar 10, 2010 · Tynan, who was the leading British theatre critic of the nineteen-fifties, came to The New Yorker in 1958 and stayed two years as the magazine’s drama critic before returning to London to...
