PHOTO CALL: Bennett's The Habit of Art, Starring Griffiths, at London's National
By Amy Lipson
12 Nov 2009
Alan Bennett's new play The Habit of Art began performances at the National's Lyttelton Theatre Nov. 5.
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The production is directed by Nicholas Hytner and features Tony winner Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings, Danny Burns, Martin Chamberlain, Philip Childs, Frances de la Tour, John Heffernan, Barbara Kirby, Elliot Levey, Adrian Scarborough and Stephen Wight.
The National Theatre characterizes the play this way: "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."