The Habit of Art April 25, 2010

The Habit of Art - presented by National TheatreA new play By Alan BennettAuden often said that metre and rhyme led him down unexpected paths to thoughts he wouldnt otherwise have had, and in this respect versification and fornication are not so different.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.