The History Boys

The History Boys
Written by Alan Bennett, the History Boys is set in a fictional grammar school in the 1980s, following the story of 8 Oxbridge candidates as they progress under the tuition of 2 very different teaching styles; Hector's orthodox knowledge-first style and Irwin's sly approach to answering exams.

It was directed by Bethan Leyshon and Sarah Woodvine, and performed on Wednesday 7th March and Thursday 8th March in 2012 in the Grand Theatre Arts Wing.

Publicity


The History Boys was featured in a special promotional feature of the Swansea University's Waterfront newsletter (Issue 212, Feb 27th 2012) called Society Spotlight.

Additionally, the South Wales Evening Post ran two promotional features in the lead up to the performance, one the day before the first performance, and the other ran on the day of the final performance.

Program
The History Boys program was designed by Pearl Nunn and Bethan Leyshon. It was printed in full colour.

Photographs were taken by Safelight Images

Awards
At the 2011/2012 Oscars, The History Boys won the following awards;

Best Main Play Best Actor in a Main Play (Dom Padfield as Hector) Best Supporting Actor in a Main Play (Lawrence Porter as Posner) Best Supporting Actress in a Main Play (Nicky Jefford as Mrs Lintott)

At the SU Awards 2012, The History Boys was highly commended for the Best Student-led Event award.

Reception
The History Boys was positively reviewed by The South Wales Evening Post who praised the directors and deemed it a "a well-polished play."

Swansea University's media, the Waterfront newspaper and the online blog The Siren also gave it very positive reviews.