The History Boys (2006)
📚 Dir. Nicholas Hytner 📖
Based on the play by Alan Bennett
📚 Dir. Nicholas Hytner 📖
Based on the play by Alan Bennett
📙 What is history?? 📘
The History Boys is a 2006 British comedy-drama film adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play.
It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who directed the original production at the Royal National Theatre in London, and features the original cast of the play.
It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who directed the original production at the Royal National Theatre in London, and features the original cast of the play.
The school scenes were filmed in Watford in two schools, Watford Grammar School for Boys and Watford Grammar School for Girls. The film uses the uniform of Watford Boys. Locations in Elland and Halifax, West Yorkshire are used to create the broader landscape of Sheffield in which the story is set.
“I’m
reluctant at this stage in the game to expose you to new ideas, but having taught you all history on a strictly non-gender-orientated basis I just wonder whether it occurs to any of you how dispiriting this can be?
Can you for a moment imagine how depressing it is to teach five centuries of masculine ineptitude.
Why do you think there are no women historians on TV?
I’ll tell you why:
Because history’s not such a frolic for women as it is for men. Why should it be? They never get around the conference table.
In 1919, for instance, they just arranged the flowers, then gracefully retired.
What is history?
History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men.
History is women following behind with the bucket.
And I’m not asking you to espouse this point of view, but the occasional nod in its direction can do you no harm.”
Can you for a moment imagine how depressing it is to teach five centuries of masculine ineptitude.
Why do you think there are no women historians on TV?
I’ll tell you why:
Because history’s not such a frolic for women as it is for men. Why should it be? They never get around the conference table.
In 1919, for instance, they just arranged the flowers, then gracefully retired.
What is history?
History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men.
History is women following behind with the bucket.
And I’m not asking you to espouse this point of view, but the occasional nod in its direction can do you no harm.”
– Mrs. Lintott (The History Boys 2006)
The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.
— The History Boys.
Mrs. Lintott:
History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men.
What is history?
History is women following behind with the bucket.— Alan Bennett - The History Boys
James Corden - The History Boys
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