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Posted: 11/29/10 at 4:26pm

I apologise if this has already been posted on here.

I saw The Habit of Art when it toured at the Lowry a few weeks ago and loved it...the magic of Mr Bennett strikes gold again!

Although my head hurt a lot more than leaving previous AB plays it still had all typical elements of a Bennett play which has made him Britain's foremost playwright.

I just wanted to ask whether anyone knows if the Royal National production which was broadcast live to cinemas in April is expected to be broadcast on TV at any point - I sadly missed it; or if there any any plans to release it on DVD???

I saw the documentary on E4 the other night and got very jealous that I didn't get to see Griffiths/Jennings and De La Tour in the production (although the touring cast are awesome

)

S.

The Habit of Art

Posted: 11/30/10 at 7:35am

Sadly not going to be on TV/DVD, part of the deal with the NT Live broadcasts is that they're only done live (with the occasional extra screening). Something to do with the fees/royalties they would have to pay I imagine.

I didn't see the second cast but the first NT production was great - I went to the "last" night in May and it was so much fun, the cast were ad-libbing all over the place. Richard Griffiths as Auden was rather swearier than his part is in the script! As well as those you mentioned Adrian Scarborough and Stephen Wight were also superb as (respectively) Humphrey Carpenter and the rent boy.

Incidentally Humphrey Carpenter's actual biographies of Auden and Britten are well worth a read - I read them after seeing the play, and then saw the play again and got a lot more out of it second time. Quite easy to see why Bennett would have been intrigued by Britten as a character.

Updated On: 11/30/10 at 07:35 AM

The Habit of Art

Posted: 11/30/10 at 4:44pm

Can you tell me what the name of the programme on E4 was called about this play, so as I can watch it on 4OD?

Thank you!

The Habit of Art

Posted: 11/30/10 at 6:21pm

"Alan Bennett and The Habit of Art", the first in a series of documentaries (on a variety of subjects, not all theatre) called "The Making of".

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