![]() Good at sports, he nonetheless disdains them in favor of the pursuit of fun with his pals M'Turk, scion of a family that owns 5,000 acres ". ![]() ![]() The leader of the band, he's skilled in the arts of war and capable of unorthodox thought and action. The inseparable threesome are: Stalky, son of an officer serving in the Indian Army. Prout's 'house' (residence hall) as they chart their own courses, running somewhat against the grain of the Establishment. Partly shot on location at an actual British 'public school' (which in America would be called a private school), the series chronicles the actions and activities of the denizens of Study No. Kipling was telling tales based on his own public school experiences as a boy (he is 'Beetle' in the book), and he did an excellent job of capturing the tenor of life in 'the Coll,' a school that catered to boys who would go on to govern and defend the British Empire in the Civil Service, Foreign Service and the military. is a faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name (less one chapter and the afterstory chapter). ![]()
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