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A brilliant and feared critic, Kenneth Tynan was a nabob of the National Theatre alongside Laurence Olivier, and he was also the daring impresario who created Oh Calcutta. This work features his diaries that remind older readers of a man whose reputation as the greatest critic of the twentieth century is still unchallenged.

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"Kenneth Tynan is about to become a star...his scandalous diaries are a confessional cross between the two Alans, Clark and Bennett" Scotland on Sunday 'No one, they say, ever erected a statue to a critic, but Kenneth Tynan has bequeathed something even larger to posterity: a legendary life" Michael Billington, Guardian 'The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan don't half dish the dirt...Packed with scandal and salacious anecdotes about his famous friends and, believe me, it is premier-cru gossip, these diaries are a testament to his flamboyant wit' Tatler

The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan

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    A Paperback by John Lahr, Kenneth Tynan

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 9/16/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780747558415, 978-0747558415
      ISBN10: 0747558418

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      Book Synopsis
      A brilliant and feared critic, Kenneth Tynan was a nabob of the National Theatre alongside Laurence Olivier, and he was also the daring impresario who created Oh Calcutta. This work features his diaries that remind older readers of a man whose reputation as the greatest critic of the twentieth century is still unchallenged.

      Trade Review
      "Kenneth Tynan is about to become a star...his scandalous diaries are a confessional cross between the two Alans, Clark and Bennett" Scotland on Sunday 'No one, they say, ever erected a statue to a critic, but Kenneth Tynan has bequeathed something even larger to posterity: a legendary life" Michael Billington, Guardian 'The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan don't half dish the dirt...Packed with scandal and salacious anecdotes about his famous friends and, believe me, it is premier-cru gossip, these diaries are a testament to his flamboyant wit' Tatler

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