Win ticket to see The History Boys in Brum

Closes 16 February 2015

Competition

Alan Bennett’s award-winning play is set in a boys' school in northern England in the 1980s. A young teacher named Irwin has been brought in to coach the pupils for the Oxbridge exam - but fellow teacher Hector believes instead in learning for its own sake... “Realistically the person that parents would want teaching their child would be Irwin, as Irwin would get you into university,” says Bennett. “However, sentimentally, their hearts would be with Hector, because he’s the type of teacher everyone wants. Everybody always wishes they’d learned more poetry at school and had someone who would inspire them like that. And it’s the fact that, in a way, I couldn’t resolve this conflict in my head which made me write the play.”

The History Boys shows at Birmingham's New Alexandra Theatre, from Mon 23 to Sat 28 February. We've joined with the theatre to offer readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to the opening night performance at 7.45pm.

Competition closes 16 February

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In which was a film version of The History Boys released in the UK

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