The Habit of Art

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The Habit of Art is a play by Alan Bennett that imaginatively stages a fictional meeting between poet W.H. Auden and composer Benjamin Britten, exploring themes of creativity, aging, and the nature of artistic collaboration.

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instanceOf play
theatrical work
author Alan Bennett
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception generally positive reviews
directorOfPremiere Nicholas Hytner
featuresCharacter Benjamin Britten
Humphrey Carpenter
W. H. Auden
firstPerformanceCity London
linked to: London, England
firstPerformanceCountry United Kingdom
firstPerformanceDate 2009-11-05
firstPerformanceTheatreComplex National Theatre, London
firstPerformanceVenue Lyttelton Theatre
genre comedy-drama
drama
hasTheme art versus life
censorship
compromise in art
friendship
legacy
memory
mortality
sexuality
the role of the biographer
language English
metatheatrical true
notableFor exploration of the creative process in old age
fictional meeting between W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten
originalCastMember Alex Jennings
Frances de la Tour
Richard Griffiths
premiereProducedBy National Theatre
publisherOfPlaytext Faber and Faber
setting Oxford
structure play-within-a-play
subject Benjamin Britten
W. H. Auden
aging
artistic collaboration
artistic process
celebrity
creativity
ethics of biography
homosexuality
timePeriodDepicted 1970s
writer Alan Bennett

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Alan Bennett notableWork The Habit of Art
Alan Bennett wrote The Habit of Art