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Theatre Writings

Author : Kenneth Tynan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Theatre Writings written by Kenneth Tynan and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of Tynan's theatre criticism, selected and edited by his biographer Dominic Shellard - with a foreword by Tom Stoppard.Kenneth Tynan was the 20th century's most influential theatre critic. Famous above all for championing the Angry Young Men at the Royal Court and for heralding Brecht, Beckett and Pinter, his writing was itself a 'high-definition performance' - stylish, discerning and scintillatingly witty.This volume collects over 100 of his reviews, including his astonishingly accurate assessments of the first ever performances of Waiting for Godot; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; A View from the Bridge; The Entertainer; A Taste of Honey; and Beyond the Fringe. Also included are articles on such topics as Broadway musicals, censorship, Bertolt Brecht and, his pet hobby-horse, the need for a National Theatre, where he was to be Olivier's right-hand man.

The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan

Author : Kenneth Tynan
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780747558415
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan written by Kenneth Tynan and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the publishing sensations of the year' Daily Telegraph..'Packed with scandal and salacious anecdotes about his famous friends and, believe me, it is premier-cru gossip' Tatler

Look Back in Anger

Author : John Osborne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Look Back in Anger written by John Osborne and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kenneth Tynan

Author : Dominic Shellard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300099195
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book Kenneth Tynan written by Dominic Shellard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980) lived one of the most intriguing theatre lives of the twentieth century. A brilliant writer, critic and agent provocateur he made friends or enemies of nearly every major actor, playwright, impresario and movie mogul of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Working on each side of the Atlantic during various periods in his career, Tynan wrote for the Evening Standard, the Observer, and the New Yorker; was lured by Laurence Olivier in the early 1960s to become dramaturg of Britain's newly formed National Theatre; and spent his final years in Los Angeles. This biography offers the first complete appraisal of Tynan's powerful contribution to post-war British theatre, set against the context of the fifties, sixties and seventies of his own turbulent life. Shellard proves beneath the celebrity myths to uncover Tynan the private man and theatre genius. He draws on Tynan's own extensive personal papers and diaries, taped interviews with theatre professionals who knew him and fascinating letters to such correspondents as Tennessee Williams, Marlene Dietrich, George Devine, Peter Brook, Alec Guiness and Terence Rattigan. Shellard highlights Tynan's early writings, when the brilliant young critic came to national prominence, and discusses how Tynan gained a left-wing readership, took his place at the vanguard of the new realist movement, and helped to establish subsidized theatre. He shows how, through indefatigable battles against theatre censorship and railings against the myopia of a politically and culturally insular Britain, Tynan helped create some of the most controversial theatrical events of the 1960s and 70s, including Oh Calcutta! Exploring the public and private sides of Tynan, Shellard reveals an outspoken, explicit and sometimes savage critic who ranks among the most influential theatre figures of the twentieth century.

Show People

Author : Kenneth Tyler
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780425047507
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Show People written by Kenneth Tyler and published by Berkley Publishing Group. This book was released on 1981 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the talent, genius, and character of five major figures representing diverse aspects of theatricality and entertainment: Louise Brooks, Sir Ralph Richardson, Johnny Carson, Tom Stoppard, and Mel Brooks

The Life of Kenneth Tynan

Author : Kathleen Tynan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781857992663
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book The Life of Kenneth Tynan written by Kathleen Tynan and published by . This book was released on 1995-03-02 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kathleen Tynan traces her husband's life from his illegitimate birth, through his rebellious years at Oxford, to his career as the first post-war British myth - actor, director, writer, flamboyant personality and provocateur of the establishment on both sides of the Atlantic.

Tynan Right & Left

Author : Kenneth Tynan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tynan Right & Left written by Kenneth Tynan and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of cultural commentary pieces for the years 1950-1960. "Much of my adult life, " writes Tynan, " has been spent covering last week's plays for next week's readers; but over the years I have been encouraged by a number of beguiling editors to look at other performing arts, to report public spectacles and events, to visit places that attracted me and even to read a few books."

Dramaturgy

Author : Mary Luckhurst
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139448188
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Dramaturgy written by Mary Luckhurst and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-19 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramaturgy: A Revolution in Theatre is a substantial history of the origins of dramaturgs and literary managers. It frames the explosion of professional appointments in England within a wider continental map reaching back to the Enlightenment and eighteenth-century Germany, examining the work of the major theorists and practitioners of dramaturgy, from Granville Barker and Gotthold Lessing to Brecht and Tynan. This study positions Brecht's model of dramaturgy as central to the worldwide revolution in theatre-making practices, and it also makes a substantial argument for Granville Barker's and Tynan's contributions to the development of literary management. With the territories of play and performance-making being increasingly hotly contested, and the public's appetite for new plays showing no sign of diminishing, Mary Luckhurst investigates the dramaturg as a cultural and political phenomenon.

Profiles

Author : Kenneth Tynan
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781854599438
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Profiles written by Kenneth Tynan and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only collection of Tynan's star-studded profiles. Selected and edited by his widow and biographer, Kathleen Tynan, with a foreword by Simon Callow. Kenneth Tynan – the 20th century's most influential writer on theatre and performance – wrote profiles of many of the most significant performers and writers of his day. Amongst the fifty assembled here are profiles of actors such as Garbo, Bogart, Cagney, Olivier and Gielgud; the directors George Cukor, Peter Brook and Joan Littlewood; writers such as Bertolt Brecht, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams; and comedians as diverse as Mel Brooks, Eric Morecambe, W.C. Fields and Lenny Bruce. 'We had thought to have seen the last of Tynan. Now, suddenly, a new volume appears: a collection of fifty profiles of the famous... More than a third of the pieces are new - at least in book form - which in itself is cause enough for dancing... One does not have to like theatre to cherish these pieces... It is a book to savour in small doses, the better to postpone the sadness of reaching its end' Hugh Leonard 'Tynan was unique in that he combined the soul of an artist with the descriptive skill of a journalist... He was an ideal profile writer, as this book eloquently testifies' Michael Billington, Guardian

Wear and Tear

Author : Tracy Tynan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501123688
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Wear and Tear written by Tracy Tynan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The memoirs of a celebrity costume designer describe her upbringing in the fashionable celebrity circles of her literary parents, her family's artistic but traumatizing approaches to shopping and how the fashion-savvy perspectives of her early years shaped her relationships and career, "--NoveList.

The Sound of Two Hands Clapping

Author : Kenneth Tynan
Publisher : Holt McDougal
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Sound of Two Hands Clapping written by Kenneth Tynan and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1976 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Taste of Honey

Author : Shelagh Delaney
Publisher : Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9780435232993
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book A Taste of Honey written by Shelagh Delaney and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1992 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic play about the complex, conflict ridden relationship between a teenage girl and her mother - Includes notes and assignments suggestions.

A View of the English Stage, 1944-63

Author : Kenneth Tynan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A View of the English Stage, 1944-63 written by Kenneth Tynan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

British Theatre Since the War

Author : Dominic Shellard
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300147910
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book British Theatre Since the War written by Dominic Shellard and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: British theatre of the past fifty years has been brilliant, varied, and controversial, encompassing invigorating indigenous drama, politically didactic writing, the formation of such institutions as the National Theatre, the exporting of musicals worldwide from the West End, and much more. This entertaining and authoritative book is the first comprehensive account of British theatre in this period. Dominic Shellard moves chronologically through the half-century, discussing important plays, performers, directors, playwrights, critics, censors, and agents as well as the social, political, and financial developments that influenced the theatre world. Drawing on previously unseen material (such as the Kenneth Tynan archives), first-hand testimony, and detailed research, Shellard tackles several long-held assumptions about drama of the period. He questions the dominance of Look Back in Anger in the 1950s, arguing that much of the theatre of the ten years prior to its premiere in 1956 was vibrant and worthwhile. He suggests that theatre criticism, theatre producers, and such institutions as the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company have played key roles in the evolution of recent drama. And he takes a fresh look at the work of Terence Rattigan, Harold Pinter, Joe Orton, Alan Ayckbourn, Timberlake Wertenbaker, and other significant playwrights of the modern era. The book will be a valuable resource not only for students of theatre history but also for any theatre enthusiast.

Talking Theatre

Author : Richard Eyre
Publisher : Nick Hern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781848421387
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Talking Theatre written by Richard Eyre and published by Nick Hern Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating in-depth interviews with more than 40 actors, writers, directors and producers in the theatre industry.

Stage Blood

Author : Michael Blakemore
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571311237
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book Stage Blood written by Michael Blakemore and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1971, Michael Blakemore joined the National Theatre as Associate Director under Laurence Olivier. The National, still based at the Old Vic, was at a moment of transition awaiting the move to its vast new home on the South Bank. Relying on generous subsidy, it would need an extensive network of supporters in high places. Olivier, a scrupulous and brilliant autocrat from a previous generation, was not the man to deal with these political ramifications. His tenure began to unravel and, behind his back, Peter Hall was appointed to replace him in 1973. As in other aspects of British life, the ethos of public service, which Olivier espoused, was in retreat. Having staged eight productions for the National, Blakemore found himself increasingly uncomfortable under Hall's regime. Stage Blood is the candid and at times painfully funny story of the events that led to his dramatic exit in 1976. He recalls the theatrical triumphs and flops, his volatile relationship with Olivier including directing him in Long Day's Journey into Night, the extravagant dinners in Hall's Barbican flat with Harold Pinter, Jonathan Miller and the other associates, the opening of the new building, and Blakemore's brave and misrepresented decision to speak out. He would not return to the National for fifteen years.

The Theatre of Les Waters

Author : Scott T. Cummings
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000533492
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Theatre of Les Waters written by Scott T. Cummings and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theatre of Les Waters: More Like the Weather combines original writings from Les Waters with short essays by a wide range of his collaborators, creating a personal and multi-faceted portrait of an influential director, revered mentor, and inspirational theatre artist. The book begins with a critical introduction of Waters’s work, followed by essays written by a wide range of Waters's collaborators over the past four decades. These essays are framed by shorter pieces of writing by Waters himself: reflections, inspirations, observations, and personal anecdotes. At the heart of this book lies the notion that the director’s central position in theatrical production is defined by collaboration and that a study of directing should take into account how a director works with playwrights, designers, actors, stage managers, and dramaturgs to turn artistic vision into concrete reality on stage. An insightful resource for early career or student directors in theatre programs, The Theatre of Les Waters sheds light on the art of theatre directing by exploring the work of a major theatre artist whose accomplished career sits at the heart of American theatre in the 21st century. Drawing on aspects of memoir, case study, interview, miscellany, biography, and criticism, this is also an enlightening read for anyone with an interest in how theatre artists bring their creative vision to life.