The History Boys

1. Setting
   1. 1980s
      1. Some anachronisms
         1. 'Pop culture' references to 40s and 50s
            1. Draws from his own experience
      2. Thatcher's Britain
   2. Boy's grammar school in Sheffield
2. Alan Bennett
   1. Working class family
   2. From North of England
   3. Homosexual
   4. Clearly writes what he knows
   5. Won a scholarship to Oxford

Attachments:

• The History Boys Characters

1. Dakin
2. Posner
3. Scripps
4. Irwin
5. Mrs Lintott
6. Timms
7. Akhtar
8. Rudge
9. Hector
10. Headmaster
11. Crowther
12. Lockwood

Attachments:

• The History Boys Themes

1. Education
2. Gender
3. Sexuality
4. History
5. Poetry
6. Class

1. Allusion
2. Juxtaposition
   1. Of Dakin and Rudge
3. Dramatic irony
   1. Typically employed by Scripps
4. Figurative language
   1. Metaphor
   2. Simile
5. Hyperbole
6. Register
   1. Indicates class and level of education
7. Irony
8. Taboo language
   1. Contrasted with educated manner of speech
      1. Particularly Mrs Lintott
9. Solliloquy
   1. Used to convey characters thoughts and feelings to the audience
10. Stage directions
11. Comedy
12. Music