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Explore The History Boys
Learn more about the play, its author, its themes, its history.
This section is packed with our own research. We also provide useful links to background material so that you can travel into unfamiliar regions of the internet and discover even more.
Read on and explore....
The History Boys: the basics
The comedy that conquered the world is coming to Adelaide.
Winner of the most Tony Awards of any play for 50 years, including Best Play, The History Boys is a comedy by English playwright Alan Bennett.
The play premiered at Lyttelton Theatre, in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
In the UK, the play won the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award, Evening Standard Award & Critics' Circle Awards for Best New Play and in the USA the play won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play.
Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner adapted the play into a film released in October 2006 featuring the original cast of the play.
The New York production. Photo courtesy Sara Krulwich/The New York Times.
EXTERNAL LINKS Click below to explore
The History Boys - Wikipedia
The Truth behind The History Boys - UK Telegraph
The History Boys - the movie website
National Theatre review - British Theatre Guide
Broadway review - New York Times
"a superb, life-enhancing play" - UK Guardian
National Theatre website
Mixed Salad's production
Mixed Salad Productions is proud to be presenting the SA premiere of The History Boys, in association with Dominie.
Season: 3 and 4 June 2009 Previews at 8pm
5 - 20 June 2009
Thursdays to Saturdays at 8pm
(Sunset shows: Weds 10 June at 6.30pm, Sun 14 June at 4.00pm and Wednesday 17 June at 6.30pm)
Venue: The Studio, Holden St Theatres, Hindmarsh
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Quotations and references
The History Boys is littered with literary references to people, poems, plays and pop songs old and new....
Director's notes
Director Sally Putnam explains why she's drawn to this play which is much more than a straightforward comedy.
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