"Not content to have the audience in the palm of his hand; he goes one further and clinches his fist."
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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