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Present Generation Has Lost the Ability to Entertain Itself", Tynan gave a speech on the pleasures of
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National Theatre; 32 were his idea, and another 20 chosen with his collaboration. Tynan also persuaded Olivier to play the title role in
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as witness. During the ceremony, Dietrich backed towards some doors to close them; the judge interrupted his oration, and without change in tone or pace said: "And do you, Kenneth, take
Kathleen for your lawful-wedded—I wouldn't stand with your ass to an open door in
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460:"He became a power in the London theatre, which regarded him with awe, fear and hatred", Johnson wrote. The reviewer "seemed to know all world literature" and studded his articles with such words as "esurient", "
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cheekbones, fashionable stammer, plum-coloured suit, lavender tie and ruby signet-ring." According to
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masturbation. By the time the war ended, he had gained a scholarship to
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1938:"Kenneth Tynan, 53, Dies on Coast; One of Britain's Top Drama Critics"
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Tynan produced and acted in plays, spoke "brilliantly" at the
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Tynan Right and Left: Plays, Films, People, Places and Events
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attended by London entertainment celebrities, Johnson wrote.
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1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama
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1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama
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Some Plays—a List Compiled for The National Theatre
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2049:The History of the National Theatre
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1936:Kakutani, Michiko (29 July 1980).
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1878:, Feeding on Explosive Drama"
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1531:. London: Routledge. p.
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355:When Tynan was called up for
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2641:Burials at Holywell Cemetery
2017:. Little, Brown Book Group.
1808:The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan
1622:"Television's magic moments"
1445:Austerity Britain, 1945–1951
1364:Johnson, Paul (1988). "13".
1171:(1975; London: Eyre Methuen)
1125:The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan
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1970:. Interlink Books. p.
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1169:A View of the English Stage
937:, aged 53. He is buried in
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2140:The Life of Kenneth Tynan
2100:. Yale University Press.
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127:Magdalen College, Oxford
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2631:British theatre critics
2626:British erotica writers
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1657:Have You Eaten Grandma?
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559:At the National Theatre
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2169:Quotations related to
2117:Man They Loved to Hate
1730:London Review of Books
1596:London Review of Books
1107:Kenneth Tynan: Letters
1006:He That Plays the King
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391:The Philadelphia Story
136:Theatre critic, writer
2656:Deaths from emphysema
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2183:When Kenneth met Lulu
2098:Kenneth Tynan, A Life
2078:. London: Routledge.
1964:Horan, David (2000).
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713:Lady Chatterley trial
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2456:Emergence from Chaos
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895:Justice of the Peace
653:University Challenge
522:extramarital affairs
475:Tynan and the actor
276:King Edward's School
253:common misconception
174: 1951;
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2035:ISBN 9780062356918.
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1478:Jew Made in England
1319:The Washington Post
935:pulmonary emphysema
792:In 1971, Tynan and
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2533:This Sporting Life
2484:Look Back in Anger
2272:The New York Times
1943:The New York Times
1882:The New York Times
1560:. theguardian.com.
1299:. theguardian.com.
1284:. theguardian.com.
1162:The Observer Plays
1042:Gaberbocchus Press
979:; you can help by
726:left-wing politics
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451:Look Back in Anger
436:Look Back in Anger
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2094:Shellard, Dominic
2044:Tomalin, Nicholas
1858:The Intellectuals
1726:"Fashion Flashes"
1459:978-0-802-71693-4
1038:Quest for Corbett
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