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National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play The Habit of Art, with Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings, and Frances de la Tour, returns to cinemas as part of the National Theatre's 50th anniversary celebrations. 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 25 years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station. Alan Bennett’s 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. One of the first five episodes also released on terrestrial TV on a 2009 BBC TV series titled "National Theatre Live".
- Original title
- National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB
- Budget
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- Revenue
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Richard Griffiths
Fitz / W. H. Auden
Alex Jennings
Henry / Benjamin Britten
Frances de la Tour
Kay
Stephen Wight
Tim / Stuart
Elliot Levey
Neil
John Heffernan
George
Adrian Scarborough
Donald / Humphrey Carpenter
Bob Crowley
Costume Design
Nicholas Hytner
Director
Robin Lough
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Stage Director
Alan Bennett
Writer
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