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The History Boys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London's West End on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged before it closed on 1 October 2006.
- Alan Bennett, Nicholas Hytner
- 2004
The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy drama film adapted by Alan Bennett from his 2004 play, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who directed the original production at the Royal National Theatre in London, and features the original cast of the play.
With Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths. An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Nicholas Hytner
- 2006-12-22
The History Boys is a play written by Leeds-born writer, Alan Bennett, in 2004. It is inspired by his own experiences of being in a northern England grammar school and then studying history at Oxford University.
The History Boys follows two teachers and a group of students at an all boys grammar school in England in the 1980s. The boys are all trying to get into Oxford and Cambridge. At the beginning of the play, we see Hector, a beloved teacher in his 50s, leading his General Studies class.
The History Boys is set at a boys’ secondary school in Northern England in the 1980s. It focuses on a group of 8 sixth-form boys and their teachers as they prepare to take their entrance exams for admission into Oxford or Cambridge.
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In 1980s Britain, a group of young men at Cutlers' Grammar School all have the brains, and the will to earn the chance of getting accepted in the finest universities in the nation, Oxford and Cambridge.
