Author: Kenneth Tynan

A garden gnome expelled from Eden.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Insults

Pearl is a disease of oysters…Levant is a disease of Hollywood.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Insults

When you’ve seen all of Ionesco’s plays… you’ve seen one of them.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Reviews/Criticism

His approach to the microphone is that of an accused man pleading with a hostile jury.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Entertainment Insults

A buxom temptress… more impressive in silhouette than in action.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Acting Reviews/Criticism

A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Communication Occupations Work

A neurosis is a secret you don’t know you’re keeping.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
Health

What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober.

(1927 – 1980) English theatre critic & writer
People