Maggie Smith starring in film of "The Lady in the Van" -- featuring the original cast of "The History Boys"
Maggie Smith starring in film of "The Lady in the Van" -- featuring the original cast of "The History Boys"
#1Maggie Smith starring in film of "The Lady in the Van" -- featuring the original cast of "The History Boys"
Posted: 10/11/14 at 2:30pm
"The original cast of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys has reunited to give Maggie Smith some ‘male crumpet’ in her latest film.
"Maggie, currently on ITV’s still delicious Downton Abbey, is starring in a film adaptation of Bennett’s play The Lady In The Van.
"She plays Miss Shepherd (the role she created on stage), an eccentric who moved her death-trap of a vehicle on to the driveway of Bennett’s home in Camden Town, North London, and stayed for nearly two decades.
"The film’s being made by Nicholas Hytner, who directed The History Boys and The Lady In The Van on stage, and he hit on the idea of featuring as many of the History Boys as possible."
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#2Maggie Smith starring in film of
Posted: 10/11/14 at 3:05pmAw. I'm looking forward to this. And some of those History boys have grown up... very well. Russell Tovey, Dominic Cooper, Sacha Dhawan...
#3Maggie Smith starring in film of
Posted: 10/11/14 at 8:20pmI'm down for anything Samuel Barnett appears in...
#4Maggie Smith starring in film of
Posted: 10/12/14 at 6:37am
I read PJ's post as "dreary", which is my opinion of the play; a late Bennetian apologia for his own life choices.
There's no natural fit for the History Boys in the play. Though,if there's a totally gratuitous scene of them in the communal showers, it will at least afford me some nostalgia for my own schooldays.
#5Maggie Smith starring in film of
Posted: 10/12/14 at 4:21pmWhich one of the members of the original cast would best portray Scripps in his History Boys years?
#6Maggie Smith starring in film of
Posted: 3/1/15 at 7:03pm
To answer the previous question, it has to be Jamie Parker.
The trailer looks promising, although
I can only see one history boy in it.
Updated On: 3/1/15 at 07:03 PM
#7Maggie Smith starring in film of
Posted: 3/1/15 at 7:40pmNOVEMBER??? WHy have a full trailer out 8 months before the release??
#8Maggie Smith starring in film of
Posted: 3/2/15 at 8:41pmSaw the original in London and loved it. Really looking forward to this.
