The History Boys
Sunday 31 December 2006 18:30-21:00 (Radio 3)
By Alan Bennett.
Adapted for radio by Richard Wortley from Nicholas Hytner's National Theatre production. More than three decades on from Forty Years On, Alan Bennett turns his attention once more to education, encompassing both the tussles of staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence.
Duration:
2 hours 30 minutes
Playlist:
Hector ...... Richard Griffiths
Irwin ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Mrs Lintott ...... Frances de la Tour
The Headmaster ...... Clive Merrison
Crowther ...... Samuel Anderson
Posner ...... Samuel Barnett
Dakin ...... Dominic Cooper
Timms ...... James Corden
Akthar ...... Sacha Dhawan
Lockwood ...... Andrew Knott
Scripps ...... Jamie Parker
Rudge ...... Russell Tovey
Solo singer ...... Samuel Barnett
Pianists ...... Jamie Parker and Tom Attwood
Produced by David Hunter.
Musical arrangement by Richard Sissons.
Director Richard Wortley.
