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Plays by Alan Bennett (Study Guide): The History Boys, Talking Heads, Forty Years On, a Question of Attribution, Enjoy, the Habit of Art

Plays by Alan Bennett (Study Guide): The History Boys, Talking Heads, Forty Years On, a Question of Attribution, Enjoy, the Habit of Art


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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The History Boys, Talking Heads, Forty Years On, a Question of Attribution, Enjoy, the Habit of Art, the Madness of George Iii, Kafka's Dick, Me-i'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Habeas Corpus, Single Spies. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The History Boys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Lyttelton Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where there were 185 performances staged before it closed on 1 October 2006. The following are non-speaking roles: The action of the play takes place in Cutlers' Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys' grammar school in the north of England. Set in the early 1980s, the play follows a group of history pupils preparing for the Oxbridge entrance examinations under the guidance of three teachers (Hector, Irwin and Lintott) with contrasting styles. Hector, an eccentric teacher, delights in knowledge for its own sake, but the headmaster ambitiously wants the school to move up the academic league table; Irwin, a supply teacher, is hired to introduce a rather more cynical and ruthless style of teaching. Hector is discovered sexually assaulting a boy and later Irwin's latent homosexual inclinations emerge. Royal National TheatreThe play opened at the Lyttelton Theatre (part of the National Theatre) in London on 18 May 2004 where it played to sell-out audiences and its limited run was frequently extended. James Corden, Dominic Cooper, Russell Tovey and Andrew Knott were among the original cast. On 24 November 2005, the same production was revived once again at the Lyttelton Theatre where it played another successful run. Future Doctor Who actor Matt Smith took on the role of Lockwood in the No...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=231595


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157354956
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 38
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 68 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157354955
  • Publisher Date: 14 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The History Boys, Talking Heads, Forty Years On, a Question of Attribution, Enjoy, the Habit of Art
  • Width: 229 mm


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