The History Boys (film) The History Boys (film) The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy-drama film adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who directed the original production at the Royal National Theatre in London, and features the original cast of the play. The school scenes were filmed in Watford in two schools, Watford Grammar School for Boys and Watford Grammar School for Girls. The film uses the uniform of Watford Boys. Locations in Elland
The Boys in the Band (play) a droll friend he periodically would take wry comments from, and based the character of Michael on. Crowley told Dominick Dunne about the title: "It's that line in "A Star is Born" when James Mason tells a distraught Judy Garland, 'You're singing for yourself and the boys in the band.'" According to Crowley, his motivation in writing the play was not activism, but anger that "had partially to do with myself and my career, but it also had to do with the social attitude of people around me, and the laws of the day." He says he "wanted the injustice