Yet his midlife letters—this is the fifth of six projected volumes—reveal quite a different man. In much of his correspondence, Britten is warm, addressing his friends as "my dear" or "dearest" and showing detailed concern for their tribulations. He can be catty but is preternaturally outgoing. This is when he branched out into Japanese Noh-plays ("Curlew River") and Shakespearean drama ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"). Amid these ethereal ambitions, there is also triviality.

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