Giles Cooper. Rozhlasová hra. Produkce Donald McWhinnie.
Osoby a obsazení: ředitel (Anthony Viccars), John Ebony (Peter Howell), Cary Farthingale (John Sharp), Nadia (Violet Loxley), Cuthbun (Jonathan Bailey), Cloistermouth (Leonard Monahan), Orris, chapec 1 (Jonathan Margates), Bungabine (John Graham), Unman (Nigel Anthony), Lipstrob (Jonathan Scott), Aggeridge (Michael Walker), Terhew (Anthony Adams, Wittering (David Spenser). Dále účinkují Jean England, Alice Esmie-Bell, Harold Young, Will Leighton.
Nastudovalo BBC v roce 1958. Premiéra 23. 11. 1958 (BBC 3rd Programme, 90 min.).
Pozn.: The play is a thriller set in a traditional boys boarding school where a senior form master has just been killed in a tragic accident. The main character is John Ebony, a teacher in his first job, brought in as a temporary measure, though one he hopes will be confirmed as permanent. Between his rebellious wife Nadia, the eccentric art master Cary Farthingale and the class of Lower 5B, Ebony struggles to exercise power, but is thwarted by reality and a disbelieving Headmaster. The resonant quotation from the play falls to the wise old Farthingale. „Authority is a necessary evil, and every bit as evil as it is necessary.“
Alan Bennett credits Giles Cooper and the play’s influence in his creation of The History Boys.