61, .Ĭrowded Kitchen adds 'Christmas Carol' performanceĬrowded Kitchen Players had to cancel a December performance because of snow so it has scheduled an additional performance of its skewed take on the Dickens' classic "Christmas Carol" for 8 p.m. The Donmar Warehouse production of Shakespeare's classic tragedy of political manipulation and revenge stars Tom Hiddleston of "The Avengers" and the film "War Horse" in the title role and Mark Gatiss of the BBC's "Sherlock," as Menenius. Symphony Hall also will show National Theatre Live's "Coriolanus" live from Covent Garden in London at 7 p.m.
It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration and on the habit of art.
It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men and at the ethics of biography. During this imagined meeting, their first for 25 years, they are interrupted by several people, including Humphrey Carpenter, played by Adrian Scarborough, who wrote biographies of both Auden and Britten after their deaths.īennett's play is as much about the theater as it is about poetry or music. Auden and classical composer Benjamin Britten while Britten is composing the opera "Death in Venice."īritten, played by Jennings, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, Auden, played by Griffiths (who passed away after this production, in 2013). "The Habit of Art" is a 2009 play by Bennett, an English playwright, that explores a fictional meeting between acclaimed poet W.H. It is part of the series that broadcasts performances from the Royal National Theatre in London to movie theaters and arts centers. The broadcast of the production from 2010 stars Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings.
National Theatre Live celebrates 50 anniversaryįor its 50 t h anniversary, National Theatre Live is bringing back Alan Bennett's acclaimed play "The Habit of Art," which will be shown on the big screen at Miller Symphony Hall at 7 p.m.
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