The History Boys as Akthar, original Akthar actor Sacha Dhawan as Posner (as Samuel Barnett was performing in "Richard III/Twelfth Night" on Broadway at the time) and playwright Alan Bennett taking over as Hector from the late Richard Griffiths. In October 2006 a film adaptation of the play was released in the United States, and later in November 2006 in Britain. The film was directed by Nicholas Hytner and featured the original stage cast. 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
Llewelyn Davies boys and Barrie, from the time they met until shortly after Michael's drowning. The boys are each portrayed by a series of actors as they age. Birkin also wrote the biography "J. M. Barrie & the Lost Boys" on the same subject. A semi-fictional movie about their relationship with Barrie, "Finding Neverland", starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet as Barrie and their mother, was released to theatres in November 2004. It covers in a condensed fashion the period from their first meeting until the debut of the play, but leaves out the boys' father (who was said to have already died)