The Testing of a Bullfighter
“Today we have drunk from the fountain of bullfighting.” (They really talk like that.)
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British Cultural Fatigue
The liveliest and certainly one of the youngest of the London critics, KENNETH TYNAN,now in his twenty-ninth year, is a frequent visitor to this country, where he has the chance to compare the productions of Broadway with those of his home city, and, in general, our arts with England’s. He is the author of three books on the theater, and since 1951 he has, in the great tradition of Shaw and Max Beerbohm, been rendering provocative and penetrating judgments, as the drama critic first of The Spectator, then of the Evening Standard, and now of the revered Observer.
Prose and the Playwright
The liveliest of London critics, KENNETH TYNAN, now in his twentyeighth year, worked for some time as the director of a weekly repertory theater before settling down to criticize the productions of others. He is the author of three books on the theater, and since 1951 has been the drama critic first of The Spectator, then of the Evening Standard, and presently of the Observer.