Talk:The History Boys
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I have changed 'paedophilia' to 'pederasty', as paedophilia is typically a love felt towards pre- or early pubescent children, whereas pederasty describes the "relationship and bond between an adolescent boy and an adult man outside of his immediate family". --henryaj 01:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
I don't see why this play won so many awards and why the play and movie were so acclaimed, it paints gay men in a VERY bad light as being pederasts and into teenage/youth worshipping pedophiles when if you're homosexual you're NOT a pederast and being associated with such things is a horrible myth about being gay that many people think that gay people are into when they're not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.58.74.161 (talk) 08:16, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fuck the renaissance
Could someone give me the entire text after this quote, it is said by the headmaster to Hector
Fuck the Ren-ai-ssance! And fuck literature, and Plato, and Michaelangelo, and Oscar Wilde, and all the other shrunken violets you people line up. This is a school, and it isn't normal!
[edit] International Productions
I believe there is one in Hebrew in Israel, can anyone verify this?
I noticed it is stated that Bennett wrote the play in 2005. This must be incorrect if it was premiered in 2004. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.40.88 (talk) 14:03, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Plot summary insufficient
Having seen the play the night before last I think that the plot summary given here is insufficient. The issue of the boys' and teachers' sexuality is not mentioned at all and yet it forms a crucial part of the narrative. Instead there is a quasi philosophical reduction of the teachers' different teaching methods. In my view that's an analysis, not a plot summary. (Pedantique, moi ?) This is simply an invitation for someone better qualified than myself to flesh it out a bit, so to speak. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.72.208.113 (talk) 09:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
