| An unruly collection of clever but crass Thatcher-era English high-school students seek to earn the scores needed to enroll in Oxford and Cambridge in Alan Bennet's Tony-winning play. The History Boys focuses on a group of eight students, all of them deemed by their overeager headmaster to be the best and the brightest. Though they've been coddled by their humanities-loving instructor, Hector, and their acerbic history teacher, Mrs. Lintott, the boys are deemed in need of additional tutoring; thus, the brash, young Irwin is recruited to challenge them further. The subtle power games the boys used to their advantage with their previous tutors are of no use with Irwin, whose wit borders on the callous. Meanwhile, Irwin's presence -- and a hush-hush scandal -- forces all of the faculty members to reassess their position at the school. |
