“The unique thing about Margaret Rutherford is that she can act with her chin alone. Among its many moods I especially cherish the chin commanding, the chin in doubt, and the chin at bay.”

—  Kenneth Tynan

Curtains (1961)

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English theatre critic and writer 1927–1980

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