History Boys Touring Company Begins West End Engagement 12/21

The History Boys is now confirmed for a West End run, starring the cast that is currently completing a U.K. tour. Alan Bennett's award-winning play, directed by Nicholas Hytner, will begin performances at the Wyndham's Theatre on December 21 and officially open on January 3. It will play for a 17-week run.

The touring cast will is led by Stephen Moore My Fair Lady as Hector, Isla Blair Stuff Happens as Mrs. Lintott, William Chubb The Madness of King George III as the Headmaster and Orlando Wells A Midsummer Night's Dream as Irwin. The boys will be played by Ben Barnes Dakin, Philip Correia Rudge, Thomas Morrison Scripps, Steven Webb Posner, with Owain Arthur, Marc Elliott, Akemnji Ndifornyen and David Poynor. The cast also includes Ben Allen, Tina Gray, Derek Howard, Duncan Patrick and Stephen Uppal.

The announcement comes just as director Hytner's screen version of The History Boys receives its Royal Premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 2 prior to a theatrical release on October 13. The original cast ended its Tony Award-winning run on Broadway on October 1.

The West End run is being produced by the National Theatre itself in partnership with National Angels Ltd., an Enterprise Investment Scheme company set up by a group of the National's supporters that is intended to give the theater a bigger share of commercial profits when they are available.