The History Boys August 2, 2009

TimeLine presents the Chicago premiere of 'The History Boys' by Alan Bennett, directed by Nick Bowling. The recipient of more than 30 major awards, including Tony and Olivier awards for Best New Play, 'The History Boys' follows a rambunctious group of clever young men as they pursue higher learning, games, sexual identity and a place at university under the guidance of three wildly different teachers and a headmaster obsessed with results. Set during the 1980s in northern England, it is a hilarious and provocative play about the anarchy of adolescence and the purpose of education -- specifically, how history should be taught.