The Habit of Art
Lincoln Theatre
Mount Vernon, WA
The Habit of Art
a new play by Alan Bennett
5 STARS 'Another absolute cracker, often wonderfully and sometimes filthily funny, but also deeply and unexpectedly moving.' Daily Telegraph
5 STARS 'Bennett the maestro returns with a multi-layered masterpiece.' Independent
Auden 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.
You are a rent boy. I am a poet. Over the wall lives the Dean of Christ Church. We all have our parts to play.
Alan Bennetts 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 passions spent: ultimately, on the habit of art.
In the end, said Auden, art is small beer. The really serious things in life are earning ones living and loving ones neighbour.
NT Live performances of National Theatre plays broadcast live to cinema screens around the world including the Historic Lincoln Theatre in downtown Mount Vernon.
The Habit of Art will be performed live in London on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010, filmed in high definition and presented exclusively at participating movie theatres across the US.
NT Live is supported internationally by TRAVELEX www.travelex.com/
Thursday, April 22nd Live Date
Sunday, April 25th Encore Performance
Ticket Prices: Adults: $14 Seniors: $12 Students $10
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Sales have ended for this event. Tickets may still be available at the door.
Online tickets sales end 12-48 hours prior to broadcasts. Tickets will still be available through our Box Office at 360.336.8955 and at the door. |
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| First: | Thursday Apr 22, 2010 7:30 PM | | Last: | Sunday Apr 25, 2010 1:00 PM |
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Lincoln Theatre
712 S 1st St
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
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