Atkins, Bosco & More Appear in Bennett Readings, April 24

On Monday, April 24th at the New York Library for Performing Arts, a starry array of actors will take part in readings of scenes from Alan Bennett plays.

The line-up for the readings, which will commence at 6 PM, will be comprised of Eileen Atkins, Philip Bosco, Richard Easton, Christine Ebersole, and Robert Sean Leonard. They will read from Bennett works such as The Madness of King George, Forty Years On, Single Spies and The Lady in the Van.

Bennett, as previously-announced, will also read essays from his new book Untold Stories at the Library of Performing Arts on Sunday, April 22nd. The playwright's The History Boys, starring its original London cast and directed by Nicholas Hytner, will open at the Broadhurst Theatre on Sunday, April 23rd.

The History Boys "is the thrilling comedy of eight bright, funny students trying to get into colleges and the year that influenced the rest of their lives. Guiding them are a maverick English teacher, a headmaster obsessed with results and a strong-willed history teacher resistant to change," state press notes.

Call 212-642-0142 for more information.

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