"Kenneth Tynan was the 20th century's most influential theatre critic. Famous above all for championing the Angry Young Men at the Royal Court and for heralding Brecht, Beckett and Pinter, his writing was itself a 'high-definition performance' - stylish, discerning and scintillatingly witty."
"Kenneth Tynan was the 20th century's most influential theatre critic. Famous above all for championing the Angry Young Men at the Royal Court and for heralding Brecht, Beckett and Pinter, his writing was itself a 'high-definition performance' - stylish, discerning and scintillatingly witty."
"The English drama critic and producer celebrates and commemorates various individual performers, performances, and productions and places and issues eliciting his enthusiasm."
Profiles(Updated) by KennethTynan, Kathleen Tynan Paperback, 454 Pages, Published 2007 by Nick Hern Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85459-943-8, ISBN: 1-85459-943-7
SHOW PEOPLE PROFILES IN ENTERTAINMENT. by KennethTynan Hardcover, 317 Pages, Published 1980 by Weidenfeld & N ISBN-13: 978-0-297-77842-4, ISBN: 0-297-77842-0
Oh! Calcutta!(1st Edition) An Entertainment with Music (Applause Books) by KennethTynan, Julian Barry, Peter Schickele Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2000 by Applause ISBN-13: 978-0-936839-48-6, ISBN: 0-936839-48-1
"Mr. Tynan has assembled a group of sketches which deal with almost every
conceivable erotic fantasy and sexual reality that Western man has dreamt up or
experienced. The distinguished roster of authors includes Samuel Beckett, Edna
O'Brien, Jules Feiffer, Leonard Melfi, John Lennon, and, not to be outdone,
Kenneth Tynan himself. The title of this revue, which is taken from the title of a
painting by the French Surrealist painter Cl ..."
Profiles(Reprint) by KennethTynan Paperback, 541 Pages, Published 1998 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-679-75639-2, ISBN: 0-679-75639-6
"A collection of fifty celebrity profiles by a noted drama critic includes his observations about such figures as Humphrey Bogart, Mel Brooks, W. C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, and Laurence Olivier. Reprint. 10,000 first printing."
Profiles(Updated) by KennethTynan, Kathleen Tynan Paperback, 437 Pages, Published 1990 by N. Hern Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85459-028-2, ISBN: 1-85459-028-6
The sound of two hands clapping(1st Edition) by KennethTynan Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1976 by Holt, Rinehart, And Winston ISBN-13: 978-0-03-016726-3, ISBN: 0-03-016726-4
"Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and uncommonly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 256 pages; Description: 256 p. ; 23 cm. Subject: Performing arts"
"The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan reveals afresh the sparkling, undimmed loquacity of the man who turned theatre criticism into an art form in its own right. It is also a desperate, harrowing tale of a tormenting talent on a tragic trajectory, described by Tynan's second wife Kathleen, in her superb biography The Life of Kenneth Tynan as "electrically charged, but not earthed". Magnificently edited by John Lahr, himself a cherishable talent ..."
"Explores the talent, genius, and character of five major figures representing diverse aspects of theatricality and entertainment: Louise Brooks, Sir Ralph Richardson, Johnny Carson, Tom Stoppard, and Mel Brooks"
Profiles by KennethTynan, Kathleen Tynan Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 1989 by Nick Hern Books ISBN-13: 978-1-85459-030-5, ISBN: 1-85459-030-8
"Tying-in with publication of Tynan's "Theatre Writings" comes this new edition of his famous "Profiles" of star performers, writers and directors - with a preface by Simon Callow. This volume collects fifty of Tynan's best and sharpest pieces on the celebrities he most admired, largely from the world of showbiz. From his first tribute to Orson Welles in his school magazine to weighty assessments of Tom Stoppard and - most famously of al ..."
"The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan reveals afresh the sparkling, undimmed loquacity of the man who turned theatre criticism into an art form in its own right. It is also a desperate, harrowing tale of a tormenting talent on a tragic trajectory, described by Tynan's second wife Kathleen, in her superb biography The Life of Kenneth Tynan as "electrically charged, but not earthed". Magnificently edited by John Lahr, himself a cherishable talent ..."
"This mint, unread, First English Edition, 1st printing HARDBACK, Bloomsbury Press, London, 2001, has a mint, unclipped dust jacket that is now protected in an extra, bespoke, clear acid-free slipcover. The cover is black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The end pages are of newspaper article when Ken rocked the boat. There are 32 black and white photographs. The book size is 6.5Ó w x 9.5Ó h with an index and 439 pages on good qua ..."
"The best of Tynan's theatre criticism, selected and edited by his biographer Dominic Shellard - with a foreword by Tom Stoppard.Kenneth Tynan was the 20th century's most influential theatre critic. Famous above all for championing the Angry Young Men at the Royal Court and for heralding Brecht, Beckett and Pinter, his writing was itself a 'high-definition performance' - stylish, discerning and scintillatingly witty.This volume collects ..."
Louise Brooks by KennethTynan Paperback, Published 2001 ISBN-13: 978-1-85459-652-9, ISBN: 1-85459-652-7
"Shakespeare in the Theatre offers a rich, varied, and wonderfully evocative collection of eyewitness accounts of Shakespearian performances over the centuries. Theatre generates an excitement that stimulates fine prose: here are Hazlitt's famous accounts of Edmund Kean as Richard III and Hamlet, Bernard Shaw on Forbes-Robertson's Hamlet and his hilarious descriptions of Augustin Daly's productions, Max Beerbohm on Gordon Craig, and Kenn ..."