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Its broadway debut was on 23 april 2006 at the broadhurst theatre where 185 performances were staged before it closed on 1 october 2006. The history boys study guide literature guide litcharts. Kafkas dick, the insurance man, the old country, an englishman abroad, a question of attribution. I guess i cant really complain too much about that since the book is entitled all those explosions were someone elses fault. His collaboration as writer and performer with dudley. And finally, i guess i have a philosophical disagreement with the protagonists turn the other cheek philosophy. In doing so, he raises not only universal questions about the nature of history and how it is taught but also questions about the purpose of education today.
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