#The History Boys

[rikkibaby]

The History Boys (2006) Derry Girls (2018-2022)

[cinehomophile]

sometimes "i am not normal about them" means I could write a dissertation about their relationship and sometimes it means i have nothing to add but am pondering their existence very much

[holisticdirkmuppet]

SHUT UP THIS IS ALL I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE !!!!!!

[wolfstargazer]

I appreciate and understand the love for Dead Poets Society in the Marauder-era fandom. The aesthetic is immaculate.

As a Brit and an older fan I would like to make a public service announcement that you're all sleeping on The History Boys. And would encourage everyone to go watch it.

[belle-keys]

“The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - which you had thought special and particular to you. Now here it is, set down by someone else, a person you have never met, someone even who is long dead. And it is as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”

- The History Boys by Alan Bennett

[cup-of-chamomille]

From Russell Tovey's Instagram story

[thequietabsolute]

Someone dies at school and you remember it your whole life. 

－Alan Bennett, from The History Boys (2004.)

[bpdjennamaroney]

Oh no

[filmjunky-99]

t h e h i s t o r y b o y s, 2006 🎬 dir. nicholas hytner

[the-lions-mouth]

Other problematic tm gay movies y’all will love: the history boys 2006. If you are soooooo far up academias ass you will never escape. If you love gay psychosexual shit. If you need textually queer queer stories. If you live on that incredible British humor. If you want to swing wildly between laughing so hard you cry and throwing up. If you majored in history. If you never got over the incisive writing of dog day afternoon. If you fucked up your life at a young age in a permanent way. If you have college issues. If you prefer movies that used to be plays. Then my good pal. This movie is for you

[straightplayshowdown]

The History Boys: Set in a grammar school in Sheffield in the 1980s, the show follows eight pupils as they prepare to take their entrance exams to Oxford and Cambridge Universities. They are led by the eccentric Hector, an ageing teacher who has a unique take on their General Studies course. However, his teaching is brought into question by the young Irwin, who has been brought in to make sure that the boys excel in their Oxbridge exams. Mediating between the two is Mrs. Lintott, a teacher who goes by the book. All three teachers face their own demons, as they attempt to guide the boys through examinations, interviews, and personal struggles.

Peter and the Starcatcher: A young orphan named Boy and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island. They know nothing of the trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains an otherworldly cargo. Aboard the Neverland, the boys are discovered by a young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own, and his sidekick Smee – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure. As they head for a faraway land, Molly and Boy learn about love, friendship and forge an unbreakable bond.

Propaganda under the cut!

The History Boys:

every time I look at this play I find even more resonances woven between its different scenes and characters, truly both a comedy and a tragedy at the same time, and an amazing coming of age story that rings so much truer than the thousand cliches that exist on the subject

Rewrote my brain chemistry aged approx 16. All British actors of a certain age were in this play, the original line up is iconic (James corden before all the boring American shit lol) “history… it’s just one fucking thing after another” Great music! Miss Lintot trying her absolute best. “You complacent fuck”. So so funny but so so heartbreaking

Obnoxious northern boys being taught how to repackage history to make their essays more interesting, jokes about the 14 foreskins of Christ, the experience of that moment of time you will never get back 

It’s about the learning it’s about the references it’s about making interesting adults it’s about poetry you don’t need now but will understand later, it’s maybe the truth isn’t as important as the argument, it’s about growing up, it’s about thinking you’re grown up when you aren’t, it’s about the yearning and the songs from before your time, it’s about women following behind with the bucket

Peter and the Starcatcher: 

hands down best adaptation of the peter pan stories ever

this is literally the most heartwarming and heartbreaking play i have ever witnessed. its about the origins of peter pan. its insanely funny. its so sad. its about friendship and family and maturity and growing up. i cried so hard. the line "it has to hurt - thats how you know it meant something" has really stuck with me. 

play of all time forever. silly goofy for like 90% of it and then goes and makes you cry in the last scene. the protagonists are all thirteen and it fucking shows (positive). the villain is captain hook minus the hook and one million times more queercoded. the other "villain" is a small italian man living on an island nowhere near italy. the other other villain fails to flirt with a girl and then dies because he gets a cat thrown in his face. the word "dyke" is in the script. christian borle was in it can we get the christian borle girlies in on this please. i still have a worm in my bag from the production i did. this show is my best friend forever

[rikkibaby]

dakin: we are fucking clever

dakin, one minute later: i discussed Nietzsche with my teacher but i called him Kneeshaw the whole time

[holisticdirkmuppet]

sam rehearsal stills from his new play, ben and imo at the rsc

[balladofsallyrose]

[belle-keys]

“All literature is consolation.”

- The History Boys by Alan Bennett

[cup-of-chamomille]