NT : What's On : Productions : The Force of Habit
Translated by Neville and Stephen Plaice
National Theatre production in the Lyttelton Theatre
Opened 9 Nov 1976
Closed 12 Jan 1977
Total 12 Performances
First production of a play by Thomas Bernhard in England.
A circus ringmaster who sees himself as a musical maestro rehearses Schubert's Trout Quintet with a motley assortment of circus artists. The play is a touching comedy about the attempts of the quintet to play the piece once through without a mistake.
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