Kenneth Tynan

Kenneth Peacock Tynan (April 2, 1927 - July 26, 1980), was an influential (and occasionally controversial) British theatre critic and author.

Selected bibliography and other works

• Obituary in The Guardian.
• "When Kenneth met Lulu," The Guardian, "Saturday Review," p. 4 (November 21, 1998). Discusses the story (told by Kathleen Tynan) of Kenneth Tynan's obsession with Louise Brooks. Kathleen produced a screenplay, the rights to which were bought by Martin Scorsese in 1998. So far as I know, the movie hasn't been made yet.
• The Girl in the Black Helmet. Tynan's original article on Louise Brooks, published in The New Yorker in 1979. It was subsequently published in Tynan's Show People: Profiles in Entertainment (which see).
• Tynan's biography on the National Theatre's website.
• Some Plays -- a List Compiled for The National Theatre. Kenneth Tynan. Referred to in the National Theatre biography mentioned above, his list is available from the National Theatre website as a Microsoft Word 97 document. Google also has a cached version of the text.
• Kenneth Tynan: Letters. Kathleen Tynan . ISBN 0517399261.
• Tynan Right and Left: Plays, Films, People, Places and Events. Kenneth Tynan. 1967. ISBN 0689102712.
• The History of the National Theatre. John Elsom and Nicholas Tomalin. 1978. ISBN 0224013408.
• Show People: Profiles in Entertainment. Kenneth Tynan. 1980. ISBN 0671250124.
• The Life of Kenneth Tynan. Kathleen Tynan. 1987. ISBN 0688050808, ISBN 0688089062, ISBN 0413185907.
• Profiles. Kenneth Tynan. Edited by Kathleen Tynan and Ernie Eban. 1990. Various editions: ISBN 0060391235.
• Man They Loved to Hate. William Triplett. 1995. A biography of Kenneth Tynan. ISBN 0340592400.
• 1956 and All That: The Making of Modern British Drama. Dan Rebellato. 1999. ISBN 041518939X.
• Life Itself!. Elaine Dundy. 2001. Contains a definitive autobiographical account of Tynan's first marriage as written by his first wife. ISBN 1860495133.
• The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan. Kenneth Tynan (ed. John Lahr). 2001. ISBN 0747554188, ISBN 1582341605.
• "Tynan the vulgarian should be a lesson to us all", in The Observer by Peter Conrad. October 14, 2001. Review of The Diaries, and a critical synopsis of Tynan's life.
• Kenneth Tynan, A Life. Dominic Shellard. 2003. ISBN 0300099193.