Flannery O’Connor and the Habit of Art. "The scientist has the habit of science; the artist, the habit of art." Andrew Billen has worked as a celebrity interviewer for, successively, The Observer, the Evening Standard and, currently The Times. Exploring friendship, rivalry and heartache this multi layered masterpiece examines the joy, pain and emotional cost of creativity. Directed by Philip Franks. The Habit of Art is a richly thought-provoking piece about many things, including artistic creation, the vulgarity of biography, sexuality, friendship, the bubble of reputation, but it also has an intriguingly autobiographical feel at times. This is one of the most impressive theater webcasts” Wall Street Journal on The Habit of Art streaming June 2020 "Best online play of lockdown... technologically accomplished, beautifully acted and emotionally riveting’" ★★★★★ The Telegraph on Birdsong Online streaming July 2020 Other articles where The Habit of Art is discussed: Alan Bennett: Bennett’s later plays included The Habit of Art (2009), which explores issues of aging and creativity through an imagined encounter between the poet W.H. Andrew Billen is a staff writer for the Times. Illustration from The Spectrum. In People (2012) an aristocratic former model whose wealth is gone must decide what to do with her family’s… Auden and the composer Benjamin Britten. This collection of stories contains some of the best new short fiction from America. It is centred on a fictional meeting between poet W. H. Auden and composer Benjamin Britten What is NT Live? ‘The Habit of Art’ Review: An Imagined Reunion Alan Bennett’s thoughtful comedy uses a play-within-a-play conceit to stage a late-in-life meeting between Benjamin Britten and W.H. Join us for NT Live's special screening of "Habit of Art". For his columns, he was awarded reviewer of the year in 2006 Press Gazette Magazine Awards. The Habit of Art is a richly thought-provoking piece about many things, including artistic creation, the vulgarity of biography, sexuality, friendship, the bubble of reputation, but it also has an intriguingly autobiographical feel at times. With Matthew Kelly, David Yelland, Veronica Roberts, Robert Mountford. ―Flannery O'Connor. The Habit of Art nests one play -- Caliban's Day-- within another, as the action consists of an (oft-interrupted) run-through of this play about W.H.Auden and Benjamin Britten. Auden. “Original Theatre has done it complete justice. 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