The Habit of Art
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The Habit of Art is a play by Alan Bennett that imaginatively stages a fictional meeting between poet W.H. Auden and composer Benjamin Britten, exploring themes of creativity, aging, and the nature of artistic collaboration.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Habit of Art canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9016908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Habit of Art Context triple: [Alan Bennett, notableWork, The Habit of Art]
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A.
The Art Spirit
The Art Spirit is a seminal 1923 book by American painter and teacher Robert Henri that compiles his teachings on art, creativity, and the artist’s life.
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B.
The Spot of Art
The Spot of Art is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring his iconic valet Jeeves and the hapless Bertie Wooster.
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C.
Les Traditions de l’art
Les Traditions de l’art is a theoretical and critical work by French Post-Impressionist painter Émile Bernard, in which he reflects on the history, principles, and spiritual dimensions of artistic tradition.
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D.
Portrait de l’artiste
"Portrait de l’artiste" is a Cubist painting by French artist Henri Le Fauconnier that exemplifies his bold, geometric approach to modernist portraiture.
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E.
The Painter
The Painter is a renowned contemporary painting by South African-born artist Marlene Dumas, often noted for its haunting, emotionally charged depiction of a child figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Habit of Art Target entity description: The Habit of Art is a play by Alan Bennett that imaginatively stages a fictional meeting between poet W.H. Auden and composer Benjamin Britten, exploring themes of creativity, aging, and the nature of artistic collaboration.
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A.
The Art Spirit
The Art Spirit is a seminal 1923 book by American painter and teacher Robert Henri that compiles his teachings on art, creativity, and the artist’s life.
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B.
The Spot of Art
The Spot of Art is a humorous short story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring his iconic valet Jeeves and the hapless Bertie Wooster.
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C.
Les Traditions de l’art
Les Traditions de l’art is a theoretical and critical work by French Post-Impressionist painter Émile Bernard, in which he reflects on the history, principles, and spiritual dimensions of artistic tradition.
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D.
Portrait de l’artiste
"Portrait de l’artiste" is a Cubist painting by French artist Henri Le Fauconnier that exemplifies his bold, geometric approach to modernist portraiture.
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E.
The Painter
The Painter is a renowned contemporary painting by South African-born artist Marlene Dumas, often noted for its haunting, emotionally charged depiction of a child figure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
play
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theatrical work ⓘ |
| author | Alan Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| directorOfPremiere | Nicholas Hytner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Benjamin Britten
NERFINISHED
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Humphrey Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ W. H. Auden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 2009-11-05 ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceTheatreComplex | National Theatre, London GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceVenue | Lyttelton Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy-drama
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drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
art versus life
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censorship ⓘ compromise in art ⓘ friendship ⓘ legacy ⓘ memory ⓘ mortality ⓘ sexuality ⓘ the role of the biographer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| metatheatrical | true ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of the creative process in old age
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fictional meeting between W. H. Auden and Benjamin Britten ⓘ |
| originalCastMember |
Alex Jennings
NERFINISHED
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Frances de la Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Griffiths NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereProducedBy | National Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfPlaytext | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | play-within-a-play ⓘ |
| subject |
Benjamin Britten
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
W. H. Auden NERFINISHED ⓘ aging ⓘ artistic collaboration ⓘ artistic process ⓘ celebrity ⓘ creativity ⓘ ethics of biography ⓘ homosexuality ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | 1970s ⓘ |
| writer | Alan Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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