Ben and Imo

Mark Ravenhill's Ben and Imo follows the unlikely working partnership between composer Benjamin Britten and composer, teacher and musicologist Imogen Holst as they struggle to create Gloriana for the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Set in post-war Britain, the play looks at the pressures of artistic ambition, the demands of public expectation and the fragile trust that can grow between two very different people working closely together. ([rsc.org.uk](https://www.rsc.org.uk/ben-and-imo?utm_source=openai))