The History Boys
Exams are the enemy of all that he stands for. A new national tour co-produced by the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Theatre Royal Bath will commence in early 2010. He believes the truth is irrelevant when it comes to finding a stance that will make his pupils stand out in the eyes of the examination board.Set in the early 1980s, the play follows a group of history pupils preparing for the Oxbridge entrance examinations under the guidance of three teachers (Hector, Irwin and Lintott) with contrasting styles. Irwin teaches the boys an essay style consisting of brisk generalities flavoured with sufficient facts and quotations to engage the examiner s interest. Butterfly (1988) · The Heidi Chronicles (1989) · The Piano Lesson (1990) · Lost in Yonkers (1991) · Marvin s Room (1992) · Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (1993) · Angels in America: Perestroika (1994) · Love! Valour! Compassion! (1995) · Master Class (1996) · How I Learned to Drive (1997) · The Beauty Queen of Leenane (1998) · Wit (1999) · Copenhagen (2000) · Proof (2001) · The Goat: or, Who is Sylvia? / Metamorphoses (2002) · Take Me Out (2003) · I Am My Own Wife (2004) · Doubt: A Parable (2005) · The History Boys (2006) · The Coast of Utopia (2007) · August: Osage County (2008) · Ruined (2009) Dear Daddy (1976) · The Fire that Consumes (1977) · Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1978) · Betrayal (1979) · The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1980) · Children of a Lesser God (1981) · Another Country (1982) · Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) · Benefactors (1984) · Red Noses (1985) · Les liaisons dangereuses (1986) · Serious Money (1987) · Our Country s Good (1988) · Racing Demon (1990) · Dancing at Lughnasa (1991) · Death and the Maiden (1992) · Six Degrees of Separation (1993) · Arcadia (1994) · Broken Glass (1995) · Skylight (1996) · Stanley (1997) · Closer (1998) · The Weir (1999) · Goodnight Children Everywhere (2000) · Blue/Orange (2001) · Jitney (2002) · Vincent in Brixton (2003) · The Pillowman (2004) · The History Boys (2005) · On the Shore of the Wide World (2006) · Blackbird (2007) · A Disappearing Number (2008) · Black Watch (2009) Proof (2001) · The Goat: or, Who is Sylvia? (2002) · Take Me Out (2003) · I Am My Own Wife (2004) · Doubt: A Parable (2005) · The History Boys (2006) · The Coast of Utopia (2007) · August: Osage County (2008) · God of Carnage (2009) Complete list: (1948–1975) · (1976–2000) · (2001–present) .
Hector, by contrast, wishes to teach knowledge, especially English Literature, for its own intrinsic value, hoping his students will benefit greatly from his influence. The film was directed by Nicholas Hytner and featured the original stage cast. The Way of the World / Thieves Carnival / Twelfth Night / The Merchant of Venice / The White Devil (1955) · The Iceman Cometh (1956) · Same Time, Next Year / Equus (1975) · Streamers (1976) · A Texas Trilogy / Otherwise Engaged (1977) · Da (1978) · The Elephant Man (1979) · Children of a Lesser God (1980) · Amadeus (1981) · Master Harold..and the Boys (1982) · Torch Song Trilogy (1983) · The Real Thing (1984) · As Is (1985) · A Lie of the Mind (1986) · Fences (1987) · M.
The History Boys is a play by English playwright Alan Bennett. He wants the boys to become cultured, rounded human beings and believes that Irwin s contrived methods are practically indecent.
This will be a new production not produced by the National Theatre and will be directed by Christopher Luscombe. In October 2006 a film adaptation of the play was released in the United States, and later in November 2006 in the United Kingdom. The play premiered at the Lyttelton Theatre in London on 18 May 2004.
This method is one of false pretences , which Bennett felt he had had to teach himself in order to succeed in examinations, an academic pursuit with which he constantly had trouble. He teaches the boys to find a (sometimes controversial) angle on a point in history and find evidence to support it, enabling the student to support an unorthodox, distinctive and less than truthful perspective of history.
Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where there were 185 performances staged before it closed on 1 October 2006. The following are non-speaking roles: The action of the play takes place in Cutlers Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys grammar school in the north of England.
