(Lyn Gardner's article appeared in the Guardian, 9/12.)
The History Boys launched the careers of several fine young actors, and Simon Stephens's contemporary school drama, which takes place in the library of an independent school, has already done wonders for Tom Sturridge. There will be no justice if it doesn't do the same for several of the actors in this recast version of an edgy, jangled play that delivers the news that the kids are not all right.
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