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Jan 1, 2004 · The History Boys. Alan Bennett. 3.96. 10,942 ratings485 reviews. An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form (or senior) boys in a British boys' school are, as such boys will be, in pursuit of sex, sport, and a place at a good university, generally in that order.
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May 1, 2014 · Set in a grammar school in Sheffield in the 1980s, The History Boys follows a ragtag bunch of boisterous, precocious and quick-witted teenagers in their pained efforts to gain places at the elitist higher education establishments in the land.
The complete review's Review: The History Boys is set in the 1980s, in an English grammar school, the focus a group of boys studying for their entrance examinations in history for Oxford and Cambridge. There's a sort of timeless feel to the setting; as Bennett explains in his lengthy Introduction, he wasn't striving for period-accuracy, and ...
- Alan Bennett
- The History Boys
- Drama
- 2004
Set in the fictional Cutler grammar school for boys in Sheffield in the early 1980s, Bennett’s seminal scholarly comedy follows a group of talented final-year pupils as they prepare for their Oxbridge entrance examination, under the guidance of the eccentric Hector (Gerard Murphy) and his younger, and much stricter colleague Irwin, (Ben Lambert).
Book review of The History Boys (Alan Bennett) from Faber and Faber - reviewer: Philip Fisher
At a boys’ grammar school in Sheffield, eight boys are being coached for the Oxbridge entrance exams. It is the mid-eighties, and the main concern of the unruly bunch of bright sixth-formers is getting out, starting university – and starting life.
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The History Boys was first performed at the National Theatre in 2004 and was immediatery successful; it forms part of an ongoing creative partnership between the playwright Alan Bennett and the director Nicholas Hytner.
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