Word: yorkerism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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According to Kenneth Tynan, the English dramatic critic who spent last weekend as a visiting lion at Winthrop House, a critic's specific opinions are less important than the attitudes that underlie them. In Tynan's case, private conversation reinforces the impression given by his articles in the New Yorker, where he is guest critic, that his basic attitude toward the theatre is a deeply serious one. In a profession populated largely by somnambulistic hacks, his Shavian emphasis on the relation of drama to life is rare and valuable. But his seriousness never declines into solemnity; his awareness...
...twenty-seven, Tynan became dramatic critic for The Observer of London, in which capacity he speedily made an impressive international reputation, and last fall he came to America (which he had visited every year since 1952) to write for the New Yorker. And so to Master Owen's living room at Winthrop House, where he appeared last Sunday in a maroon suit and loose knotted tie: a tall young man in his early thirties, with a battery of firmly held, well-expounded, and well-supported opinions...
After a short stint as managing editor of Vanity Fair beginning in 1920, he trained his sights on a number of topics and reported his findings to The New Yorker, Encounter, and several other periodicals...
Wilson served as book reviewer for The New Yorker from 1914 to 1958, and has contributed a variety of pieces to that magazine. He is an expert in Russian social and political history...
British critic and playwright Kenneth Tynan will arrive at Harvard tomorrow for a three day visit at Winthop House. During his stay, he will meet informally with Winthrop undergraduates and Faculty members interested in drama. Tynan is currently drama critic for the New Yorker, while on a year's leave from his regular reviewing duties for the London Observer...