Kenneth Tynan research materials

This material is held atV&A Theatre and Performance Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 71 THM/401/6
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1985-1986
  • Physical Description
    • 3 folders

Scope and Content

Folders contain research carried out by Hale on behalf of Kathleen Tynan (wife of Kenneth), to be used for a biography she was writing about her late husband. Research includes correspondence, articles and interviews. Some are handwritten and/or annotated, all date from 1985-1986.

The research materials include interview transcripts, images, correspondence, picture research, a copy of The National Theatre at the Old Vic 1963-1971: A Pictorial Record and a photograph depicting Kenneth Tynan (theatre critic) and Richard Findlater (journalist and critic) as undertakers, mourning the death of the National Theatre, taken on London's South Bank, 1959.

Appraisal Information

Part of this file is closed under the Data Protection Act 1998 until 01/01/2067.