By 1969, the celebrated theatre reviewer Ken Tynan had been recruited from the critics' ranks to join the National Theatre team, which was resident at London's Old Vic, so he was working as Olivier's literary adviser and right-hand man. As soon as he had seen Miller's production of Lear in Nottingham Â" judged by the pundit Martin Esslin to be the play's most lucid rendition in living memory " Tynan proposed …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:03PM on December 7, 2012