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About the Play
Alan Bennett's Tony Award-winning Best Play based on schoolmaster and author Frank McEachran.
Story:
An unruly bunch of boys in a British boarding school are 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.
Playwright
Alan Bennett
Broadway Premiere
- Theatre
- Broadhurst Theatre
- Opening Night
- Apr 23, 2006
- Total Performances
- 185
- Original Cast
- Samuel Anderson, Joseph Attenborough, Tom Attwood, Samuel Barnett, Dominic Cooper, James Corden, Frances de la Tour, Rudi Dharmalingam, Sacha Dhawan, Richard Griffiths, Colin Haigh, Andrew Knott, Pamela Merrick, Clive Merrison, Stephen Campbell Moore, Jamie Parker, Russell Tovey
- Director
- Nicholas Hytner
- Producer
- Scenic Design
- Bob Crowley
- Costume Design
- Bob Crowley
- Lighting Design
- Mark Henderson
- Sound Design
- Colin Pink
2006 Film Version
- Movie Name
- The History Boys
- Type
- Hollywood Feature Film
- Director
- Nicholas Hytner
- Screenplay
- Alan Bennett
- Starring
- Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Clive Merrison
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2006 Tony Award Nominations
Best Play
Best Actor in a Play – Richard Griffiths
Best Featured Actress in a Play – Frances de la Tour
Best Direction of a Play – Nicholas Hytner
Best Scenic Design of a Play – Bob Crowley
Best Lighting Design of a Play – Mark Henderson
Best Featured Actor in a Play – Samuel Barnett
2006 Theatre World Nominations
Richard Griffiths
2006 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Play
Outstanding Actor in a Play – Richard Griffiths
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Samuel Barnett
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play – Frances de la Tour
Outstanding Director of a Play – Nicholas Hytner
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Dominic Cooper
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play – Stephen Campbell Moore
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