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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The Habit of Art canonical 2

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ