The History Boys

...Bennett is, theatrically speaking, a national event. The reclusive playwright, who wove highly observant magic in plays such as The History Boys and The Madness Of George III, has rightly become a British treasure. And in The Habit Of...

In this article: London, WH Auden, National Theatre, Benjamin Britten, Richard Griffiths, Alan Bennett, and National Theatre

...in such august company, from his early days in the ground-breaking satirical revue Beyond the Fringe in the Sixties, to his triumph with The History Boys in 2004, one of the biggest hits in the history of the National Theatre, which...

In this article: Alan Bennett, National Theatre, Tom Stoppard, Ian McKellen, Harold Pinter, Critics' Circle, Cancer, and AIDS

...of those vulgar throats, however, were all the other critics, who had a great time. "While it may not possess the universal resonance of The History Boys, the play has the characteristic Bennett mix of wit and wistfulness," says Michael...

In this article: Alan Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Richard Griffiths, Michael Frayn, Alex Jennings, and Apollonian

...a writer who is both barbed and beloved, contrary and cuddly. The 75-year-old playwright of "The Madness of King George" and "The History Boys," who started his career in the 1960s satirical revue "Beyond the Fringe," is now considered a...

In this article: Alan Bennett, W.H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, The Madness of King George, London, The Guardian, and Daily Mail

...75. There is absolutely no evidence, however, of flagging powers. I thought it unlikely that he would be able to equal the success of The History Boys (2004) but The Habit of Art is another absolute cracker, often wonderfully and...

In this article: Benjamin Britten, Alan Bennett, National Theatre, Richard Griffiths, Alex Jennings, Death in Venice, and W H Auden

...work that deals with sex, death, creativity, biography and much else besides. And, while it may not possess the universal resonance of The History Boys, the play has the characteristic Bennett mix of wit and wistfulness. The structure is...

In this article: Alan Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Richard Griffiths, Humphrey Carpenter, Alex Jennings, National Theatre, and Anxiety

These he has redemptively transformed into the Eighties school with its clever Oxbridge class and their maverick teacher in The History Boys, the mega-hit that earned the National Theatre a cool GBP 5 million, and now, in his hotly...

In this article: W.H. Auden, Alan Bennett, Benjamin Britten, Russell Harty, Nicholas Hytner, Richard Griffiths, Humphrey Carpenter, National Theatre, Death in Venice, and Thomas Mann

...to minor ill health for which he needs some time to rest." Both Griffiths and Hytner are reunited from Bennett's last original play, The History Boys, that also premiered at the Lyttelton Theatre in 2004, before transferring to Broadway's...

In this article: Richard Griffiths, Alan Bennett, Nicholas Hytner, WH Auden, Benjamin Britten, National Theatre, Michael Gambon, and Frances de la Tour

...Boy From Oz"), which will be revived by TimeLine Theatre, the company best known these days for its remarkable productions of both "The History Boys" and "All My Sons." Nick Bowling, who just picked up a Jeff Award for his direction of "The...

In this article: Isadora Duncan, Sergei Yesenin, Franz Schubert, Champagne, and The Boy from Oz

...is anything to go by, on the nature of creativity in the ageing maestro. The Habit of Art is Bennett's first full length stage play since The History Boys, which opened in May 2004 and went on to become a spectacular, award-winning,...

In this article: Alan Bennett, WH Auden, Benjamin Britten, Andrew Motion, Ian McKellen, Kafka's Dick, National Theatre, and Philip Larkin