The History Boys

Overview

The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

Top cast

Richard Griffiths

Hector

Stephen Campbell Moore

Irwin

Dominic Cooper

Dakin

Samuel Barnett

Posner

James Corden

Timms

Russell Tovey

Rudge

Samuel Anderson

Crowther

Jamie Parker

Scripps

Andrew Knott

Lockwood

Sacha Dhawan

Akhtar

Clive Merrison

Headmaster

Frances de la Tour

Mrs. Lintott

Penelope Wilton

Mrs. Bibby

Adrian Scarborough

Wilkes

Georgia Taylor

Fiona

Patrick Godfrey

Sleeping Clergyman

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