An unruly bunch of bright, funny boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.
Genre
Comedy-drama
Setting
1980s
The History Boys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London 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.[citation needed]
The play won multiple awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play.
TheHistoryBoys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway...
roles in Alan Bennett's play TheHistoryBoys and the film based on it. He has starred in the sci-fi television series War of the Worlds (2019–2021). Stephen...
by the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company; he received acclaim for originating the role of Dakin in the 2004 play TheHistoryBoys with...
Donald Scripps in TheHistoryBoys (2006), adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name in which Parker was a member of the original cast, and...
of the BBC series Talking Heads in 1992. He continued receiving acclaim for his plays The Lady in the Van in 1999, TheHistoryBoys in 2004, and The Habit...
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and in television programmes including Genie in the House, TheHistoryBoys and Waking the Dead. Jarvis was...
started at the Royal National Theatre, he became known for such works as Talking Heads, The Madness of King George, TheHistoryBoys, The Lady in the Van and...
in the play The HistoryBoys (2004–06) and reprised his role in its film adaptation (2006). Dhawan has since played Paul Jatri in the BBC One comedy-drama...
of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in 2008. For his performance in the stage play TheHistoryBoys, Griffiths won the Tony...
was previously the Artistic Director of London's National Theatre. His major successes as director include Miss Saigon, TheHistoryBoys and One Man, Two...
Cities (in which he played the Marquis St. Evremonde); the 2006 radio adaptation of TheHistoryBoys (in which he played "The Headmaster", a role he repeated...
acclaimed role in TheHistoryBoys, directed by Peter Evans for the Melbourne Theatre Company. He then appeared in HBO's war miniseries The Pacific, which...
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in the play TheHistoryBoys in London and on Broadway, winning the 2006 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She reprised the role in the 2006...
The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture of the early 1950s to mid-1960s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing...
history into the late 20th century of emotional and physical abuse of students. TIME named it one of best books of the decade.The Nickel Boys won the...
The Fat Boys were an American hip hop trio from Brooklyn, New York, who emerged in the early 1980s. The group was briefly known originally as the Disco...
released on the vinyl format, with the 1985 album The Beach Boys being the group's first CD release. The Beach Boys' catalogue has been released on reel-to-reel...
Beastie Boys were an American hip hop/rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1981. The group was composed of Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar)...
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