Theatre Writings [Book Of The Week] 
Theatre Writings [Book Of The Week]
By Kenneth Tynan, selected by Dominic Shellard.
Michael Sheen and David Horovitch read from a new selection of articles (written between 1944 and 1962) by one of the 20th Century's most influential theatre critics.
Abridged by Doreen Estall.
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Apathy | 20070226 | Kenneth Tynan is barely 20 when he writes his first audacious reviews, raging against the insular plays he feels are suffocating British theatre. |
| 02 | The Voice Of The Young | 20070227 | In May 1956, Kenneth Tynan writes an ecstatic review of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger, and the play changes the face of British theatre. |
| 03 | Dodging The Ban | 20070228 | Kenneth Tynan's passionate campaign against theatre censorship is a high-definition performance - fearless and funny. |
| 04 | A Verbal Wizard | 20070301 | Tynan makes astonishingly accurate assessments of the first ever performances of The Entertainer (1957) and A Taste of Honey (1958), and heralds the work of Harold Pinter |
| 05 LAST | An Open Letter | 20070302 | In July 1962, just before leaving The Observer to join Laurence Olivier's New National Theatre, Kenneth Tynan writes a surprisingly negative review about his idol. |
Updated: 3/5/2016