Who wrote the plays 'Forty Years On' and 'The History Boys'?
Forty Years On (play) Harty was housemaster of Carr House and several of the schoolboys in the play had the surnames of boys in Carr House. The first production of "Forty Years On" opened at the Apollo Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue on 31 October 1968, and was an immediate success. The school's headmaster was played by John Gielgud; Paul Eddington was Franklin and Alan Bennett played Tempest. The full cast was: A revival of the play has been staged by Chichester Festival Theatre, with Richard Wilson playing the Headmaster, in April 2017. Forty Years On (play) Forty Years On is a 1968 play by
Forty Years On (song) Forty Years On (song) "Forty Years On" is a song written by Edward Ernest Bowen and John Farmer in 1872. It is the school anthem for Wellington College, Wellington, as well as Netherthorpe School, Tormead School, Nelson College, Napier Boys' High School, Harrow School, Woodford County High School for Girls, Colyton Grammar School and Bolton School; it is specifically about life at school; is meant to give pupils now an idea of what it will be like in forty years when they return to their old school, and to remind old boys about their school life. It is the main