In his play "The History Boys", Alan Bennett uses comedic factors to act incongruently with the serious issues of the play. The playwright (Alan Bennett) purposely creates comedic scenes and unlikely moments in the classroom to challenge and ultimately influence the student's perception and point of view on serious issues. Michael Billington regarded the play as a profound and immensely funny work about the value and meaning of education1 and the character of Hector orchestrates this humor throughout. As the audience is introduced to Hector's arrogant character, they experience a sense of trust and devotion between Hector and the students as "eight boys of seventeen or eighteen, come forward quickly and get Hector off his motorcycle." The direction used by Bennett allows the students to physically remove Hector's clothes reflecting a relationship that the audience does not expect a teacher and his students to have. Reversal theory can be applied as this is an unlikely time when we wonder why kids idolize a teacher so much that they take his clothes off. This creates a farcical moment as it is unorthodox in the context of reception. Furthermore, when the audience sees this, an instinctive response of laughter may arise, due to the surreal nature and sense of shock at the illegality of their actions as their behavior is the antithesis of the norm, as students are not supposed to remove a teacher's clothes that appear god-like: the "taking off of the helmet reveals Hector" shows the audience that Hector is idolized by the students. While Bennett creates Hector to achieve omnipotent qualities and be central to the play's comic effect, his teaching style appears recognizably atypical and there... in the middle of the page... deceived: God cannot be made fun of, because whatever anyone sows, that will he also reap (Galatians 6:7).'3Besides Dakin and Scripps, Akthar, Lockwood, and Timms are less defined but still contribute to the comedy of the play. This play is accompanied by the title "sir", however this adds to the comedic effect of the play, as this gentle mockery is aimed at Hector and Irwin as the trio provide wit in the classroom to echo Hector's wit for public entertainment. .In conclusion, the microcosm of society represented through the educational setting allows for slapstick moments in the show. Bennett challenges issues such as pedophilia that a modern audience would consider morally wrong. Bennett uses the character of Hector as the conductor of the play's comic effect and at the center of the slapstick moments through character interactions.