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4	''Ben and Imo'' (originally ''Imo and Ben'') is a play by British writer Mark Ravenhill. It was first released as a RadioDrama by Creator/TheBBC, in 2013. In 2024, a reworked and renamed version was produced for Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany as a full stage play.
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6	It tells the tale of composer Music/BenjaminBritten's 1953 commission to write a new opera for Queen UsefulNotes/ElizabethII's coronation, assisted by Imogen Holst. The opera became ''Theatre/{{Gloriana}}'', a story set in UsefulNotes/ElizabethI's later days. The opera was not a success.
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9	* AdaptationTitleChange: The original 2013 radio play was ''Imo and Ben''. The stage play swaps the name to become ''Ben and Imo''.
10	* AdaptedOut: Lord Harwood appears in the original radio play, but is adapted out of the stage version.
11	* {{Docudrama}}:
12	* TheGhost: Peter Pears, Britten's partner, doesn't appear in either version of the play. Pears is
13	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Imogen Holst and Music/BenjaminBritten are both based on the historical composers.
14	* InMediasRes:
15	* MinimalistCast:
16	* {{Newsreel}}: The radio play opens with Imo's [[OpeningNarration narration]], years after the coronation, and then intercuts it with newsreel coverage.
17	* OpeningNarration:
18	* PosthumousCharacter:
19	* TakeThat:

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