M. Research Materials for Tynan Biography 88117-88472. Tynan Archive. Research materials for Tynan biography and collected letters, collected by or on behalf of Kathleen Halton Tynan. The papers were collected between the late 1970s (when Tynan himself advertised for personal reminiscences to help him write an autobiography; see Add. 88128) and 1994, when the collected letters were published.
J. Papers relating to ‘That Word’. 88070-88079. Tynan Archive. Papers, mainly press comment, relating to Tynan's appearance on BBC-3, a late-night satirical review broadcast live on 13 November 1965, in the course of which he became notorious for becoming the first person to use the word f*** on television. In the course of a debate on theatre censorship with Mary McCarthy, the moderator Robert Robinson told viewers that Tynan and McCarthy agreed that censorship should be abolished. Ro...
I. Press Cuttings 88011-88069. Tynan Archive. Cuttings containing articles, columns and letters written by Kenneth Tynan. He had begun reviewing productions while still at school, and honed his trade at Oxford. At different times he was theatre critic for the Evening Standard, Daily Sketch, the Observer, and the New Yorker. He wrote many stand-alone articles and biographical profiles, primarily of actors and actresses, but also of many others, including bullfighters. Some articles ha...