"A good many inconveniences attend playgoing in any large city, but the greatest of them is usually the play itself."
About Kenneth Tynan
Kenneth Peacock Tynan was an English theatre critic and writer. Initially making his mark as a critic at The Observer, he praised John Osborne's Look Back in Anger (1956) and encouraged the emerging wave of British theatrical talent.
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