The History Boys - Hardcover

Bennett, Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0571224725 ISBN 13: 9780571224722

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2004

Synopsis

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 new 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 premièred at the National in May 2004. 'One of our most considerable as well as one of our most enjoyable playwrights.' Times Literary Supplement 'What makes Bennett remarkable is a linguistic spark, an unerring sense for the right word.' Spectator

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Review:

Brilliantly funny, with lines that we will, I hope, be quoting for years to come and several show-stopping vignettes. Bennett is still naughty, impish, endlessly ironic. But by the end tears are as near as laughter. The History Boys is moving, disquieting: one follows it with a heart brimful.... This is Bennett's first play this millennium, and it more than repays the wait; I think it his finest work in decades. (Financial Times)

One of our most considerable as well as one of our most enjoyable playwrights. (Times Literary Supplement)

What makes Bennett remarkable is a linguistic spark, an unerring sense for the right word. (Spectator)

Book Description:

The History Boys by Alan Bennett is a hilarious drama that follows an unruly bunch of bright, funny boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0571224725
• ISBN 13: 9780571224722
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 109