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How long does it take to read The Boys in the Band?

A Play in Two Acts

Mart Crowley

The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley takes about 2 hours 24 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 2 hours 24 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1968. 131 pages, about 36,025 words.

5 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 4 hours
Average, 250 words a minute 2 hours 24 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 1 hour 30 minutes

The page count is the median across 22 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Theatre Four, Richard Barr and Charles Woodward, Jr. present "The Boys in The Band," by Mart Crowley, production designed by Peter Harvey, directed by Robert Moore, with Frederick Combs, Leonard Frey, Cliff Gorman, Reuben Greene, Robert La Tourneaux, Laurence Luckinbill, Kenneth Nelson, Keith Prentice, Peter White.

Subjects: Drama, Gay men, Interpersonal relations, LGBTQ plays, Theater programs, Specimens

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