Kenneth Tynan
Kenneth Tynan
Kenneth Peacock Tynanwas an English theatre critic and writer. Making his initial impact as a critic at The Observer, he praised Osborne's Look Back in Anger, and encouraged the emerging wave of British theatrical talent. In 1963, Tynan was appointed as the new National Theatre Company's literary manager...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth2 April 1927
drama moving past
A novel is a static thing that one moves through; a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one.
food taste bread
Among the classic tastes: bread sauce, Nuits St Georges Les Perdrix 1962, Worcestershire sauce, Toblerone and Bovril.
play cities good-man
A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself.
wise wisdom people
If there's one thing I can't bear, it's people who are wise during the event.
drama theatre criticism
A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama critic also perceives what is not happening.
doubt wish looks
I doubt if I could love anyone who did not wish to see Look Back in Anger.
hatred lasts i-can
A useful word previously unknown to me: 'ergophobia', meaning 'fear or hatred of work'. At last I can define myself in one word.
play ends felt
When you've seen all of Ionesco's plays, I felt at the end, you've seen one of them.
hands fists performing
Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand, he goes one further and clenches his fist.