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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The History Boys by Alan Bennett
I think I would have to see
this play
performed to get it, or at the very least, read it again. I found it fairly resistant on first go through, although towards the end it was making more sense. It reminded me of
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
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