The Habit of Art

Past productions

Oxford Playhouse 2018.
National Theatre, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre, and other locations 14^th July – 27^th November 2010.
National Theatre – Lyttelton, National Theatre 5^th November 2009 – 24^th January 2010.

“Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.

Alan Bennett’s new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion’s spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.”
(Taken from National Theatre Oct 09 – Jan 10 leaflet)

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