Kenneth Tynan theatre critic until mid-1963 when he joined the National Theatre. In 1963, Laurence Olivier became the British National Theatre Company's first artistic director. Tynan had been highly dismissive of Olivier's achievements as artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, which had opened in 1962, but he recommended himself for the role of literary manager. Olivier was initially outraged by Tynan's presumption but Olivier's wife, Joan Plowright, convinced him that Tynan would be an asset at the National Theatre Company, then based at the Old Vic theatre. When he became the National Theatre's literary manager, Tynan ceased to be the theatre
Paul Miller (theatre director) Orange Tree Theatre include: Paul Miller (theatre director) Paul Miller (born c.1968) is the artistic director of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, London. He succeeded the theatre's founder, Sam Walters, in June 2014. The son of a driving instructor, Miller grew up in Chichester. Between 2009 and 2014 he was an Associate Director at Sheffield Theatres, where his productions included "Wonderful Tennessee" by Brian Friel, "The Winter’s Tale" by William Shakespeare, "The Daughter-in-Law" by DH Lawrence, "Democracy" by Michael Frayn (which transferred to The Old Vic Theatre), "Hamlet" with John Simm, and "True West" by Sam Shepard. For the