The History Boys

Alan Bennett

Your Story – Every emerging writer is advised to tell their story in their own voice. Solid suggestion, and here’s proof. We’ve seen this story, in one shape or another, a few times before – a classroom of students whose lives are changed by a maverick teacher. In Alan Bennett’s voice (and such a distinct voice it ‘tis), the students are British boys and the teacher is a rumpled scholar. The story follows the students’ journey as they learn how to learn while preparing for very competitive university entrance exams. The play – which celebrates history, truth and the value of art and education – is funny, erudite, moving, and quite necessary.