num_pages: 109
description: 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; a history teacher who thinks he's a fool.In Alan Bennett's classic play, staff room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence provoke insistent questions about history and how you teach it; about education and its purpose.The History Boys premiered at the National in May 2004.
language: English
title: The History Boys
titlecomplete: The History Boys
characters: Irwin and eight school boys, Hector of Troy
genres: British Literature, Classics, Queer, School, Drama, Plays, LGBT, Fiction, Contemporary, Theatre
ratings_count: 10817
publisher: Faber & Faber