The Winslow Boy

E19463

drama stage play

The Winslow Boy is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a real Edwardian-era legal case in which a family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name.

Aliases (3)

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama → stage play →
author	Terence Rattigan →
basedOn	Archer-Shee case → real Edwardian-era legal case →
characterRole	Arthur Winslow is the patriarch of the Winslow family → Catherine Winslow is a suffragette and Ronnie’s sister → Sir Robert Morton is the barrister representing the Winslow family →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
dramaticForm	realist drama →
dramaticStructure	three-act play →
firstPerformanceDate	1946 →
genre	family drama → legal drama →
hasAdaptation	The Winslow Boy (1948 film) → The Winslow Boy (1999 film) → television adaptations →
hasSubject	British legal system → civil liberties → class and society in Edwardian England →
mainCharacter	Arthur Winslow → Catherine Winslow → Grace Winslow → Ronnie Winslow → Sir Robert Morton →
notableQuote	Let right be done. →
originalLanguage	English →
originalMedium	theatre →
period	20th-century British theatre →
plotSummary	A family sacrifices everything to clear their young son’s name after he is accused of theft at a naval college. →
publicationYear	1946 →
settingPlace	London →
settingTime	Edwardian era →
subjectMatter	Royal Naval College → court-martial appeal →
theme	family loyalty → honour → individual versus state → justice → sacrifice →
timePeriodDepicted	pre-World War I Britain →
writer	Terence Rattigan →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Winslow Boy ("The Winslow Boy (1948 film)") → The Winslow Boy ("The Winslow Boy (1999 film)") →	hasAdaptation
Alison Steadman ("The Winslow Boy (stage)") → Terence Rattigan →	notableWork
Terence Rattigan →	wrote