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A novel is a static thing that one moves through a play is a dynamic thing that moves past one.

All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer - to be able to create one's own te...

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A good drama critic is one who perceives what is happening in the theatre of his time. A great drama...

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What when drunk one sees in other women one sees in Garbo sober.

Coming to New York from the muted mistiness of London, as I regularly do, is like travelling from a ...

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The unique thing about Margaret Rutherford is that she can act with her chin alone. Among its many m...

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A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

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Kenneth Tynan

Critic

Born: 1927-04-02

Died: 1980-07-26

Kenneth Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was a British theatre critic, author and literary manager of London's National Theatre Conmpany for a decade from 1963.More