Alan Bennett

Dramatic Comedy

11m, 1f

Int.

An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form (senior) boys in a British boarding school are, as such boys will be, in pursuit of sex, sport, and a place at a good university - generally in that order. In all their efforts, they are helped and hindered, enlightened and bemused, by a maverick English teacher who seeks to broaden their horizons in sometimes undefined ways, and by a young history teacher who questions the methods, as well as the aim, of their schooling. In THE HISTORY BOYS, Alan Bennett evokes the special period and place that the sixth form represents in an English boy's life. In doing so, he raises - with gentle wit and pitch-perfect command of character - not only universal questions about the nature of history and how it is taught but also questions about the purpose of education today. Following a sold out run in London, THE HISTORY BOYS premiered on Broadway in April 2006 taking the Tony Award as Best Play of the Season.

"Nothing could diminish the incendiary achievement of this subtle, deep-wrought and immensely funny play about the value and meaning of education ... In short, a superb, life-enhancing play."-The Guardian

"Brilliantly funny...The History Boys is moving, disquieting: one follows it with a heart brimful ... [Bennett's] finest work in decades."-Financial Times

Fee: $100 per performance.

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Other Alan Bennett titles available from Samuel French include:
A Visit from Miss Prothero
An Englishman Abroad
Bed Among the Lentils
Beyond the Fringe
Forty Years On
Getting On
Green Forms
Habeas Corpus
The History Boys
Kafka's Dick
The Lady in the Van
The Madness of George III
Office Suite
A Question of Attribution
Single Spies
Talking Heads 1
Talking Heads 2
The Complete Talking Heads
The Wind in the Willows