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Tynan Right and Left: Plays, Films, People, Places and Events
Hardcover in acceptable condition. Signed and dedicated by author to John Chilton, 1973 on FEP. Plastic-protected jacket is marked, scored and price-clipped. Jacket leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. Page block and early pages are lightly marked. Text remains clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW
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First published January 1, 1967
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March 16, 2025
Uneven selection of Tynan's writings from the 1950s and early to mid-60s. It has his travel writings, profiles of several authors and show biz personalities, and some politics, drama criticism, and film criticism. Probably the highlight is the article about Hemingway meeting Tennessee Williams in 1958 Cuba. Another one details Tynan's controversy with Truman Capote over "In Cold Blood" . Capote's definitely gets the best of the argument. BTW, the theater criticism is extremely well-written, the film reviews less so. Did Tynan have less liking for film, or were the films less worthy of serious analysis? This led me to a collection of Tynan's English theater criticism. Summary: An interesting potpourri of Tynan's writings - a good place to start if you want to read him.
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