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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. Alan Bennett's new 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. Dates and further details to be confirmed
Dates:	Tuesday 6th July 2010 to Tuesday 21st September 2010
Author(s)	Alan Bennett
Director	Nicholas Hytner
Lighting	Mark Henderson
Music	Matthew Scott
Design	Bob Crowley
Producer	National Theatre
Sound	Paul Groothuis