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The Habit of Art

THE HABIT OF ART (reprise)

By Alan Bennett

Directed by Nicholas Hytner


Tuesday, December 10, 7 p.m.

Josephine Louis Theater, 20 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston



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.

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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 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.

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General admission:  $20 general public; $16 NU
faculty/staff (phone and in-person only); $10 full-time students (must
present valid ID at Will Call)

Group rates:  $18 for general public groups of 8 or
more; $8 for full-time student groups of 8 or more.  Call the TIC Box
Office at (847) 491-7282.


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