History Boys, The

Show Info Cast & Creative

Genre

Venue

First Performance 21/12/2006

Closing 14/04/2007

Set in the 1980s, this comedy drama follows a group of school boys as they prepare to take their Oxbridge entrance examinations. Since it premiered at the National's Lyttelton in May 2004 the play has won multiple Laurence Olivier and Tony Awards, returned to the National and toured the UK and internationally.

Cast

Stephen Moore, Isla Blair, William Chubb, Orlando Wells, Ben Barnes, Philip Correia, thomas Morrison, Steven Webb.

Creative

Director - Nicholas Hytner, recreated by Simon Cox

Producer - National Theatre and National Angels

Author - Alan Bennett

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