The History Boys News

11/18/09 Neither the poet W.H. Auden nor composer Benjamin Britten were exactly famous for knockabout comedy.  |  Variety

10/04/09 Jim Field Smith is coming aboard to direct "Good Luck, Anthony Belcher," George Kay's script that recently was announced as leading this year's Brit List, the U.K.'s version of the Black List. U.K.-based indie Ruby Films ("The Other Boleyn Girl") is producing the dramedy, which centers on a perennially unlucky man whose fortunes abruptly change.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

10/02/09 A Tony winner for his role in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys," Richard Griffiths has stepped into the writer's new play "The Habit of Art" at London's National Theater, following Michael Gambon's departure from the production due to health issues.  |  Variety

07/24/09 Two of the National Theater's current smash hits aren't actually playing in any of his three auditoriums.  |  Variety

05/18/09 Alan Bennett's new play "The Habit of Art," directed by National Theater a.d. Nicholas Hytner, will be filmed live and screened in 60 U.K. cinemas and a further 110 screens worldwide.  |  Variety