The Diaries Of Kenneth Tynan

Jack Klaff reads from the recently published diaries of theatre critic and cultural commentator Kenneth Tynan.

Edited by John Lahr

Featuring reflections on Lauren Bacall, Groucho Marx and on having Marlene Dietrich as a witness at his wedding.

This instalment features memories of the excesses of Vivien Leigh and of the cracks in his own marriage.

Myth-making and money worries.

Tynan's illness grows more serious and prompts a move to California.