The History Boys

Alan Bennett's Tony and Olivier Award-winning play The History Boys returns in a National Theatre revival directed by Nicholas Hytner at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Twenty years after its premiere, the National Theatre's landmark production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys returns, directed by Nicholas Hytner in a strictly limited 16-week run. The play follows eight schoolboys at a Sheffield grammar school in the 1980s as they navigate adolescence, sexuality and their teachers' competing philosophies of education. The production is recommended for ages 12 and over and contains strong language and adult themes; the cast is yet to be announced.