Performance

VenueTheatre Royal
Other spaces: Royal Concert Hall
TownNottingham
CountyNottinghamshire
From2nd November 2010
To6th November 2010
What is currently on at Theatre Royal (V462)

The Habit of Art

The Habit of ArtT148235662
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.
Author Alan Bennett


Archive :: production:T148235662, play:S282497341, venue:V462

Production details

Special Performances


  • 5 Nov 10 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

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Company

Producer National Theatre
Director Nicholas Hytner
Design Bob Crowley
Lighting Mark Henderson
Sound Paul Groothuis
Music Matthew Scott
Performer Desmond Barrit (W H Auden)
Performer Malcolm Sinclair (Benjamin Britten)
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