* 1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English critic and writer ( d. 1980 )

Kenneth Tynan asserted flatly of this performance that " no one has ever succeeded as Macbeth "— until Olivier.

B. Priestley denounced the play and Leigh's performance ; and the critic Kenneth Tynan commented that Leigh was badly miscast because British actors were " too well-bred to emote effectively on stage ".

The reviews there were also mostly positive, but the critic Kenneth Tynan angered them when he suggested that Leigh's was a mediocre talent that forced Olivier to compromise his own.

** Kenneth Tynan, English theatre critic ( d. 1980 )

He was Head Boy at Ashville College, Harrogate and attended Wadham College, Oxford, where his contemporaries included Kenneth Tynan, Lindsay Anderson and Gavin Lambert.

Many well-known people since their deaths have been discovered to enjoy spankings for erotic purposes or emotional gratification including renowned British Army officer T. E. Lawrence (" Lawrence of Arabia "), influential English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan, TV broadcaster Frank Bough, and English writer John Mortimer.

Kenneth Tynan said of Burton's performance, " His playing of Prince Hal turned interested speculation to awe almost as soon as he started to speak ; in the first intermission local critics stood agape in the lobbies.

The show's runs in Edinburgh and the provinces had a lukewarm response ; however, when the revue transferred to the Fortune Theatre in London, produced by Donald Albery and William Donaldson, it became a sensation, thanks in some part to a favorable review by Kenneth Tynan.

In 1961, Richard Ingrams directed a production of Spike Milligan ’ s surreal post-nuclear apocalypse farce The Bed-Sitting Room, in which Rushton was hailed by Kenneth Tynan as “ brilliant ”.

The next adaptation was in 1951, when Kenneth Tynan and Peter Myers staged a thirty-five minute version entitled Andronicus as part of a Grand Guignol presentation at the Irving Theatre.

His performance as King Lear was lambasted by critics, including Kenneth Tynan, who wrote that Laughton's Nick Bottom "... behaves in a manner that has nothing to do with acting, although it perfectly hits off the demeanor of a rapscallion uncle dressed up to entertain the children at a Christmas party ".

Controversy arose in Britain in 1967 when the mooted premiere at Britain's National Theatre was cancelled, due to the intervention of the National Theatre board, despite the support for the play of Laurence Olivier, under pressure from his wife, and Kenneth Tynan.

The humour had always been largely derived from their on-stage relationship, but whereas Hills and Green had cast Morecambe as the comic and Wise as the straight man, Braben inverted the relationship ; as theatre critic Kenneth Tynan noted, Braben made Wise's character a comic who was not funny, while Morecambe became a straight man who was funny.

Script-writers included John Albery, John Antrobus, John Betjeman, John Bird, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Peter Cook, Roald Dahl, Richard Ingrams, Lyndon Irving, Gerald Kaufman, Frank Muir, David Nobbs, Denis Norden, Bill Oddie, Dennis Potter, Eric Sykes, Kenneth Tynan, and Keith Waterhouse.

The triumphs of Richardson and Olivier ( the latter famously as Richard III and Oedipus ), described by The Times as the greatest in the Old Vic's history and by Kenneth Tynan as " matchless ", led the governors of the Old Vic to fear that the two stars overshadowed the company.

In 1952, Kenneth Tynan, blaming the director for a badly-received Macbeth said he " seems to have imagined that Ralph Richardson, with his comic, Robeyesque cheese face, was equipped to play Macbeth.

* Tynan, Kenneth: Tynan on Theatre, Penguin Books, London, 1964

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The critic Kenneth Tynan noted that, with Braben as writer, Morecambe and Wise had a unique dynamic — Ernie was a comedian who wasn ’ t funny, while Eric was a straight man who was funny.

" He was influenced by the performances of Laurence Olivier and the writings of theatre critic Kenneth Tynan – " the combination of those two things kind of blew my head off.

Even Kenneth Tynan, one of the saviours of Godot, felt that Happy Days was " a metaphor extended beyond its capacity ",; nevertheless, he admitted Beckett's strange, insinuating power and urged his readers to buy tickets for the play.

* November 13, 1965 – Critic and author Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say the word " fuck " on British television on the live satirical programme BBC-3 while commenting on censorship during a TV debate.

In retaliation, Anger called a press conference in which he ridiculed Page and threatened to " throw a Kenneth Anger curse " on him.

In 2000, at the age of 81, she appeared Off Broadway in Kenneth Lonergan ’ s The Waverly Gallery and received more awards for a single performance in a single season than any actress in theatre history, including The Drama Desk Award, The Lucille Lortel Award, The Drama League Award and The Outer Critics Circle Award.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said the actors coped " faultlessly " with what were difficult roles ; he called Spacey's performance " the energy that drives the film ", saying the actor commanded audience involvement despite Lester's not always being sympathetic.

Kenneth Patchen Reads with Jazz in Canada ( 1959 ) was recorded in Vancouver the same week as a live performance for CBC Radio.

Directed by Kenneth Brannagh, each performance featured a different guest celebrity, including Kylie Minogue, who was said to be particularly keen to participate.

In 1939 the Finzis moved to Ashmansworth, near Newbury, where he founded the Newbury String Players, an amateur chamber orchestra which he conducted until his death, reviving eighteenth century string music as well as giving premieres of works by his contemporaries, and offering chances of performance for talented young musicians such as Julian Bream and Kenneth Leighton.

Redgrave was also Oscar-nominated for her titular performance as Best Actress, as were Mason for Best Supporting Actor and Kenneth Higgins ' cinematography.

Kenneth Turan, in his review for the Los Angeles Times, praised Tom Cruise's performance: " Mackey gives Cruise the chance to cut loose by doing amusing riffs on his charismatic superstar image.

Fifty years later, Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times was much more positive, saying East of Eden is " not only one of Kazan's richest films and Dean's first significant role, it is also arguably the actor's best performance.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote that " fierce, funny, exasperating and deeply affecting portrayal commands attention "; James Berardinelli claimed, " There are times when it's uncomfortable to watch this performance because it's so powerful ", while Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said " Leigh ’ s exceptional performance tears you apart ... we've never seen anything like it before.

Although he disliked the film, critic Kenneth Turan enjoyed Depp's performance, but Mark Kermode wrote it was some of Depp's " worst work to date ... under Gore Verbinski's slack direction Depp defaults to an untrammelled showiness not seen since the sub-Buster Keaton antics of Benny & Joon.

He studied composition, performance, and electronic music at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Salvatore Martirano, Lejaren Hiller, Kenneth Gaburo, Gordon Binkerd, Bernard Goodman, Paul Rolland, Jack McKenzie, Soulima Stravinsky, John Garvey, and others.

These recordings, including a Vladimir Horowitz performance of Frédéric Chopin's A-flat Polonaise, spurred Reynolds to take up piano lessons with Kenneth Aitken.

Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said McAdams " gives the kind of performance we go to the movies for " while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt she played " as lovable a lead as anyone since Amy Adams in Junebug " in an otherwise " routine " movie.

He is mentioned in The Kenneth Williams Diaries, where the acerbic British actor / comedian mentions how impressed he was by the performance of the young understudy who took over a stage performance as King Lear, when the aging, alcoholic star who was supposed to play the role was unable to perform.

He received too a BAFTA Award nomination for " Best Supporting Actor " for his performance as suspected child molester Kenneth Baxter in The Offence ( 1972 ).

" Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan noted that Streep's role " is one of the least self-consciously dramatic and surface showy of her career, but Streep adds a level of honesty and reality that makes performance one of her most moving.

In Los Angeles, Hugh played Franklin Shepard in Merrily We Roll Along and received an Ovation Award nomination for his performance as Kenneth in Call Me Madam, both for Reprise !.

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone said “ Georgia is Leigh ’ s high-wire act, and her fierce, funny, exasperating and deeply affecting portrayal commands attention .” James Berardinelli of Reel Views praised it as “ a tour de force for Leigh ... there are times when it's uncomfortable to watch this performance because it's so powerful ”, adding “ Georgia doesn't possess an amazingly original narrative, but what distinguishes this picture is the depth of the characters and the amazing power with which the two leads breathe life into them .” Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times said “ Leigh ’ s exceptional performance tears you apart … we ’ ve never seen anything like it before ”, adding that " Georgia is not an easy film, but in the American independent arena, it outperforms everything in sight .” It was also voted one of 1995 ’ s ten best films by Interview, New York Post, Detroit Free Press, Los Angeles Daily News and ABC Radio Network.