History Boys
Wyndham's Theatre, London until 26th April 2008
An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport
and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the young
and shrewd supply teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results and a history
teacher who thinks he’s a fool.
In Alan Bennett’s play, staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence
provoke insistent questions about history and how you teach it: about education
and its purpose.
Following two UK tours, an international tour, and a sell-out Broadway
run, the National Theatre’s smash hit production of The History Boys
is back in London!
For all additional information and booking details, visit the official web
site: www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk
"In short, a superb, life-enhancing play" Michael Billington, The Guardian
"There is much humanity in this richly rewarding play and great scope for
the actor" Richard Edmonds, The
Stage
"William Chubb proves hilariously malign and creepy as the self-serving
headmaster, Isla Blair is deeply sympathetic as the one woman in the cast,
while Orlando Wells discovers the underlying vulnerability of the glib, slick
new history teacher. The boys are superb, beautifully capturing the cruelty,
the humour and the insecurity of male adolescence, with especially fine work
from Steven Webb as the gay, troubled Posner, Ben Barnes as Dakin, the teenage
Don Juan, Thomas Morrison as the God-bothering Scripps and Philip Correia
as a hilarious, no-nonsense Geordie, Rudge" Charles Spencer, The
Telegraph
Audience's reviews:
I saw this when it first opened at the National Theatre
and its wit and cleverness aptly shows an excellent depiction of the school
life of both teachers and pupils. 
Annabel
Rook (22) Tring, The Vale
