The history boys
Subtitle: the film
By: Alan Bennett & Nicholas Hytner ; adapted from the original stage play by Alan Bennett.
Contributors: Hytner, Nicholas.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9780571231737
Subjects: History boys (Motion picture); Motion picture plays.
Description: What is the purpose of education? Is it to pass exams or is it to encourage a desire for learning? For General Studies teacher Hector, it is to make pupils think for themselves, to ignite a passion for something that can sustain them throughout their lives. Offered by the new substitute, Mr. Irwin, are techniques that are most likely to impress a bored examiner. The precocious grammar school boys chase the Holy Grail for a creme-de-la-creme career path, passing an Oxbridge entrance exam.