Kenneth Tynan In Praise of Hardcore

In 1963 flamboyant eccentric English theatre critic Kenneth Tynan is made literary manager of Londons National Theatre His views on censorship cant stand it and sexuality as much of it onstage as possible set him on a collision course with the NTs Chair Sir Oliver Lyttelton Demoted after becoming the first person to drop the Fbomb on British TV Tynan struggles to stage his erotic entertainment Oh Calcutta in the face of opposition from friends family and colleagues and in spite of his own deteriorating health