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Costly Purist. As indictments against war go, this one is about as effective as any ever has been, an incidental reminder, too, that considerably more men of Britain died in World War I than in World War II. "It is quite likely," wrote Critic Kenneth Tynan, "that when the annals of our theatre in the middle years of the 20th century come to be written, one name will lead all-that of Joan Littlewood. Others write plays, direct them, or act in them. Miss Littlewood alone 'makes theatre...
Superb & Definitive. Not too long ago, Richard Burton was considered one of the half-dozen great actors in the English-speaking world. Other men equally select ?Paul Scofield, Sir Laurence Olivier-recognized this; so did critics like Kenneth Tynan; so did a growing public, aware that Burton was young and that most of his major work was still to be done. He has not done it, and there is more than a slight possibility that he never will. But no one can take from him, at least, the achievements that are already behind...
...Scheduled to speak on "Freedom and the Welfare State," Right-Winging William F. Buckley Jr., 37. instead read an article he had written for Playboy, in which he paeaned his own brand of conservatism, scourged left-leaning Author Norman Mailer, and cast doubt on the virility of Critic Kenneth Tynan. Agreeing that Buckley had used his text once too often (his fee was $1,000 for the same lecture in Chicago, another $3,500 from Playboy}, the speech-sponsoring Carolina Forum withheld Buckley's $450 stipend until a more realistic secondhand price was negotiated...
Readers compliment him on articles, but seldom argue with him, Kazin admits, solemnly regretting the middle-brow docility of his congregation. In the course of letting some of the air out of Drama Critic Kenneth Tynan, Kazin discovers a maxim he himself would do well to follow. The British writer's rule, he reports, is "rouse tempers, goad, lacerate, raise whirlwinds." Kazin does none of these things as he dolefully doles out justice...
...Kenneth Tynan, the second most influential of British critics (after Harold Hobson), said in the Observer of the production that "instead of floating along with the right impertinent buoyancy it slumped like a leaden souffle.... Of high comic style, in which the play abounds, the production was devoid. Mr. Kopit deserves better than this...