Kenneth Tynan: A LifeYale University Press, 2003 M01 1 - 399 pages Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980) lived one of the most intriguing theatre lives of his century. A brilliant writer, critic and agent provocateur, he made friends or enemies of nearly every major actor, playwright, impresario and movie mogul of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. He wrote for the Evening Standard, the Observer, and the New Yorker; served 11 years as dramaturge for Britain's newly formed National Theatre, and spent his final years in Los Angeles. This biography, based on Tynan's own archive, offers an appraisal of Tynan's powerful contribution to post-war British theatre, set against the context of the fifties, sixties and seventies and his own turbulent life. |
Contents
A Gift for Performance | 1 |
The Necessary Side | 28 |
195456 Loamshire | 87 |
195658 Writing for Posterity | 169 |
Dissent | 228 |
We know what they are against but what are they for? | 251 |
Upsetting the Establishment | 283 |
Private Demons Centre Stage | 315 |
Notes | 351 |
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