The History Boys 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
"Master Harold"...and the Boys 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