"The History Boys The History Boys is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged before it closed on 1 October 2006. The play won multiple awards, including the 2005 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. The play opens in Cutlers' Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys' grammar school in the north of England. Set in the early 1980s, the play"
"Our Boys Our Boys is a comedy in three acts written by Henry James Byron, first performed in London on 16 January 1875 at the Vaudeville Theatre. Until it was surpassed by the run of ""Charley's Aunt"" in the 1890s, it was the world's longest-running play, up to that time, with 1,362 performances until April 1879. Theatre owner David James (1839–93) was Perkyn in the production. The production also toured extensively. The play contains the famous line, ""Life’s too short for chess."" The piece played in New York in 1875, at the New Fifth Avenue Theatre, and in 1907 at"
"Bennett's critically acclaimed ""The History Boys"" won three Laurence Olivier Awards in 2005, for Best New Play, Best Actor (Richard Griffiths), and Best Direction (Nicholas Hytner), having previously won Critics' Circle Theatre Awards and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor and Best Play. Bennett also received the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre. ""The History Boys"" won six Tony Awards on Broadway, including best play, best performance by a leading actor in a play (Richard Griffiths), best performance by a featured actress in a play (Frances de la Tour), and best direction of a play (Nicholas Hytner)."
"and it was assisted by Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Palin, Alan Bennett, Judi Dench and Penelope Wilton. Richard Griffiths Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in ""The History Boys"". For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for"
"Stephen Campbell Moore Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Moore Thorpe; 30 November 1979) is an English actor, best known for his roles in the Alan Bennett play ""The History Boys"" and its subsequent film. Stephen Campbell Moore was born in London as Stephen Moore Thorpe, he was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire (appearing locally in the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival) and trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Orlando Bloom, where he was awarded the Gold Medal in his final year. He made his screen debut in Stephen Fry's ""Bright Young Things"". He is primarily a"
"Peter Mochrie and Jacinta John. The same year he was named Australia's Youngest theatre producers, He also won the Sydney Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Award. Beejan was asked by the Melbourne Theatre Company to perform in their main-stage production of The History Boys written by Alan Bennett and directed by Peter Evans. The production played a sold out season at The Arts Centre. The production featured other Australian actors such as Matthew Newton, Ashley Zukerman and Ben Geurens. Beejan has performed in stage plays by William Shakespeare, Michael Gow, David Hare, Bertold Brecht, Debra Oswald, Ned Manning, Cyril Tourneur, Thomas"
"Rose, born in March 2015. In February 2018, Foy confirmed that the couple had separated. Stephen Campbell Moore Stephen Campbell Moore (born Stephen Moore Thorpe; 30 November 1979) is an English actor, best known for his roles in the Alan Bennett play ""The History Boys"" and its subsequent film. Stephen Campbell Moore was born in London as Stephen Moore Thorpe, he was educated at Berkhamsted School in Hertfordshire (appearing locally in the Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival) and trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, alongside Orlando Bloom, where he was awarded the Gold Medal in his final year."
"The Boys (1998 film) The Boys is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rowan Woods. The screenplay by Stephen Sewell is based on the play by Gordon Graham, with Graham influenced by the 1986 murder of Anita Cobby, with the play first performed by Griffin Theatre Company under the direction of Alex Galeazzi. After serving time in prison for an assault on a liquor store employee, Brett Sprague is released from prison and returns home to his two brothers and his and their girlfriends, mother and stepfather. Things have changed, and as Brett begins to drink his way through"
"Our Boys (1993 play) Our Boys is a play in two acts written by the actor Jonathan Guy Lewis, credited under his nom de plume Jonathan Lewis, first performed in London on 13 May 1993 and subsequently performed in Derby and the Donmar Warehouse, London. It was being revived in the West End in October 2012. ""Our Boys"" was first performed in London on 13 May 1993 at the Cockpit Theatre and subsequently revived in a production that originated at Derby Playhouse (now known as Derby Theatre) and then transferred to the Donmar Warehouse where it ran from 11 April"
"screen actor. On stage he has performed with the RSC and the Royal National Theatre. Campbell Moore created the role of Irwin in the original West End stage production of Alan Bennett's play ""The History Boys"", and also played the character in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and in the film version of the play. Alan Bennett, participating in a question and answer session with the play's director, Nicholas Hytner, said: ""I think, of the three teachers, Stephen Campbell Moore, who plays Irwin, has the hardest job because he doesn't have the audience's sympathy until two thirds"
"The Boys from Syracuse (film) The Boys from Syracuse is a 1940 American musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, based on a stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was based on the play ""The Comedy of Errors"" by William Shakespeare. It was nominated for two Academy Awards; one for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown, Joe Lapis) and one for Best Art Direction (Jack Otterson). The film received mixed reviews from critics. Bosley Crowther of ""The New York Times"" called the film ""a light-weight story of mistaken identities which brushes quickly"
"Richard Griffiths Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in ""The History Boys"". For the 2006 film adaptation, Griffiths was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his portrayal of Vernon Dursley"
"The Sunshine Boys The Sunshine Boys is a play by Neil Simon that was produced on Broadway in 1972 and later adapted for film and television. The play's protagonists are Al Lewis and Willie Clark. Lewis and Clark were once a successful vaudevillian comedy duo known as the Sunshine Boys. During the later years of their 43-year run, animosity between the partners grew to the point where they ceased to speak with each other. Eleven years prior to the events of the play, Al retired from show business, leaving Willie struggling to keep his career afloat. Willie, now an old"
"""Master Harold""...and the Boys ""Master Harold""...and the boys is a play by Athol Fugard. Set in 1950, it was first produced at the Yale Repertory Theatre in March 1982 and made its premiere on Broadway on 4 May at the Lyceum Theatre, where it ran for 344 performances. The play takes place in South Africa during apartheid era, and depicts how institutionalized racism, bigotry or hatred can become absorbed by those who live under it. It is said to be a semi-autobiographical play, as Athol Fugard's birth name was Harold and his boyhood was very similar to Hally's, including his"
"won an Academy Award and was nominated for three others: The Sunshine Boys (1975 film) The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary (and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. The cast included real-life experienced vaudevillian actor George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben, with Lee Meredith, F. Murray Abraham, Rosetta LeNoire, Howard Hesseman, and Ron Rifkin in supporting"
"Mrs. Gibbons' Boys Mrs. Gibbons' Boys is a play by Joseph Stein and Will Glickman. The comedy centers on the mother of three delinquent boys. Produced and directed by George Abbott, the Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre on May 4, 1949 and closed after five performances. The cast included Ray Walston. The Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania staged the play with Walter Matthau and William Windom as part of its Summer 1955 season. In 1962, Peter Blackmore and Max Varnel adapted it for a feature film. Mrs. Gibbons' Boys was released by the British Lion"
"Minnie's Boys Minnie's Boys is a musical with a book by Groucho Marx's son Arthur Marx and Robert Fisher, music by Larry Grossman, and lyrics by Hal Hackady. It provides a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the Marx Brothers and their relationship with their mother Minnie Marx, the driving force behind their ultimate success. After an unusually long preview period lasting for sixty-four performances, during which the creators constantly tinkered with the troubled show, the Broadway production, directed by Stanley Prager and choreographed by Marc Breaux, opened on March 26, 1970 at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran"
"Eastlakes Shopping Centre in Eastlakes, another eastern suburb. The original music score is composed by The Necks, with other music contributed by sound designer Alan Lamb. The Boys (1998 film) The Boys is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rowan Woods. The screenplay by Stephen Sewell is based on the play by Gordon Graham, with Graham influenced by the 1986 murder of Anita Cobby, with the play first performed by Griffin Theatre Company under the direction of Alex Galeazzi. After serving time in prison for an assault on a liquor store employee, Brett Sprague is released from prison and"
"The Boys Next Door (play) The Boys Next Door is a play by Tom Griffin, first produced in the 1988/89 season. Set in the Boston area, it deals with four men with various mental disabilities who live in a group home. It takes place over roughly a two-month period and consists of brief vignettes about the men's lives. The play provides a humorous commentary on the men's lives, taking a surprising turn as Barry's father comes to visit and as Jack (their caretaker) accepts a new job. It was adapted into a television film in 1996 by Hallmark Entertainment starring"
"The Sunshine Boys (1975 film) The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary (and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. The cast included real-life experienced vaudevillian actor George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben, with Lee Meredith, F. Murray Abraham, Rosetta LeNoire, Howard Hesseman, and Ron Rifkin in supporting roles. This would be Matthau's last Neil Simon movie until"
"The Lost Boys (TV series) The Lost Boys is a 1978 docudrama mini-series produced by the BBC, written by Andrew Birkin, and directed by Rodney Bennett. It is about the relationship between Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies boys. Novelist and playwright James Barrie (Ian Holm) meets the two oldest Davies boys, George and Jack, during outings with their nurse Mary Hodgson (Anna Cropper) in Kensington Gardens. He entertains them, especially George, with his fantasy stories, some of which include a magical young boy who shares a name with their infant brother Peter. Barrie and his"
"Matthew Broderick, Zakes Mokae, and John Kani. A filmed version of the play was produced in South Africa in 2009 starring Freddie Highmore (""Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"", ""Finding Neverland"") as Hally and Ving Rhames (""Pulp Fiction"", ""Mission Impossible 1–3"") as Sam. The film was directed by Lonny Price (who played Hally in the original Broadway cast) and produced by Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat, Mike Auret, Nelle Nugent and David Pupkewitz. Source: Playbill (vault) ""Master Harold""...and the Boys ""Master Harold""...and the boys is a play by Athol Fugard. Set in 1950, it was first produced at the Yale Repertory Theatre in March"
"The Boys (1991 film) The Boys (aka The Guys) is a drama/black comedy television film starring James Woods and John Lithgow. It was directed by Glenn Jordan, who had previously worked with Woods on the 1986 TV movie ""Promise"" and would later work with Woods again in 1994 for the TV drama film ""Jane's House"". The film first aired on September 15, 1991 on the ABC Network. The film stars James Woods as Walter Farmer and John Lithgow as Artie Margulies. Others in the film include Joanna Gleason as Marie, Eve Gordon as Amanda, Alan Rosenberg as the Psychiatrist and"
"The War Boys The War Boys is a 2009 American independent drama film directed by Ronald Daniels and starring Peter Gallagher, Victor Rasuk, Brian J. Smith and Benjamin Walker. Its screenplay was written by Naomi Wallace and Bruce McLeod, based on the play of the same name by Naomi Wallace. David Welch has been suspended from college. He and two friends, Greg and George, spend their time along the U.S.-Mexico border. David is angry at his father, who won't agree to him leaving school to work in the family trucking business. David devises a plan to hijack one of his"
"the play is made in the British TV series ""Little Britain"", in which a schoolmaster finishes the morning roll call with ""Unman, Wittering and Zigo absent"", while Alan Bennett credits Giles Cooper and the play's influence in his creation of ""The History Boys"". Unman, Wittering and Zigo Unman, Wittering and Zigo is a 1958 radio play by the Anglo-Irish playwright Giles Cooper. The play is a thriller set in a traditional boys' boarding school where a senior form master has just been killed in a tragic accident. The main character is John Ebony, a teacher in his first job, brought"
"Golden Boy (play) Golden Boy is a drama by Clifford Odets. The play was initially produced on Broadway by The Group Theatre in 1937. Odets' biggest hit was made into a 1939 film of the same name, starring William Holden in his breakthrough role, and also served as the basis for a 1964 musical with Sammy Davis, Jr.. Joe Bonaparte is an Italian-American man who dreams of becoming a skilled violinist. Joe, however, fights a boxing match for manager Tom Moody, which he wins. Joe's father, Mr. Bonaparte, has scraped up enough money to afford a top-of-the-line violin for Joe's"
"Wonder Boys (film) Wonder Boys is a 2000 comedy-drama film directed by Curtis Hanson and written by Steve Kloves. An international co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, it is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Chabon. Michael Douglas stars as professor Grady Tripp, a novelist who teaches creative writing at a university but has been unable to finish his second novel. The film was shot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including locations at Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, and Shady Side Academy. Other Pennsylvania locations included Beaver, Rochester and Rostraver Township. After the"
"Henry Irving), ""An English Gentleman"" (1871, starring Edward Sothern), ""Weak Woman"" (1875, starring Marion Terry), and his greatest success, ""Our Boys"" (1875–79, Vaudeville Theatre). With 1,362 performances in its original production, ""Our Boys"" set the record for the longest-running play in history and held it for almost two decades. It was also much revived, especially in America. From 1876 to 1879, he wrote several successful burlesques for the Gaiety Theatre, London, such as a burlesque of Dion Boucicault's ""Don Caesar de Bazan"" called ""Little Don Caesar de Bazan"", and ""The Gaiety Gulliver"" (1879). Also during that period, he edited the"
"the same year, Steve Weinstein from the ""Edge"" website called it ""Shakespearean"". The Boys in the Band (play) The Boys in the Band is a play by Mart Crowley. The play premiered Off-Broadway in 1968, and was revived on Broadway for its 50th anniversary in 2018. The play revolves around a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City and was groundbreaking for its portrayal of gay life. The play has been called ""A true theatrical game-changer, ""The Boys in the Band"" helped spark a revolution by putting gay men's lives onstage — unapologetically"
"Many of his plays were one-act pieces; three of the best of these (""The Northerners"", ""Zack"" and ""The Game"") were published together as ""Three Lancashire Plays"" in 1920. All of these plays were set in Lancashire but Brighouse also wrote plays of a different type, such as ""The Oak Settle"" and ""Maid of France"". His most successful play was ""Hobson's Choice"", first produced in 1915 in New York where Payne was working. It was first produced in England in 1916 at the Apollo Theatre, London, where it ran for 246 performances. The play was made into a film, directed by"
"The Boys (1962 British film) The Boys is a 1962 British courtroom drama film, directed by Sidney J. Furie and with a screenplay by Stuart Douglass. Four youths, described frequently as teddy boys, are on trial for the murder of a garage night watchman. Witnesses and the accused give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, a dispiriting and frustrating evening out in London. Flashbacks of the teenagers' insecure and sometimes alienated lives contrast strongly with the austere legality of the courtroom as, by degrees, the truth emerges. The Shadows composed four songs for the film that were released"
"actor/entertainment lawyer David Mendenhall, actress Delilah Cotto, actors DJ Rabiola, and Anthony Rabiola. Dead End Kids The Dead End Kids were a group of young actors from New York City who appeared in Sidney Kingsley's Broadway play ""Dead End"" in 1935. In 1937 producer Samuel Goldwyn brought all of them to Hollywood and turned the play into a film. They proved to be so popular that they continued to make movies under various monikers, including the Little Tough Guys, the East Side Kids, and the Bowery Boys, until 1958. In 1934, Sidney Kingsley wrote a play about a group of"
"overruled by the advisory committee, which elected not to give a drama award at all. The two members of the jury, John Mason Brown and John Gassner, subsequently resigned in protest. An Academy Award-winning film adaptation of the controversial play was released in 1966 starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, and Sandy Dennis. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". According to the New York Times, Albee was ""widely considered to be the foremost American playwright of his generation."""