The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy is a play by Terence Rattigan (1911-1977).

The original play
The award-winning play tells of a father's fight to clear his son of a charge of petty theft.

It opened in London in 1946, and on Broadway in 1947. The text was first published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1946.

Translations and adaptations
It was adapted for radio and presented on Theatre Guild on the Air November 23, 1952.

It was also filmed twice, in 1948 and in 1999

South African productions
1955: Produced by National Theatre Organisation, directed by John Roberts, with Frank Wise, Zoë de Villiers, Brian Proudfoot, Ronald Wallace, Mary Hewison (replaced by Jane Potgieter), Leonard Graham, Sheelagh Ross, Joanna Douglas, Clifford Williams, Alan Chadwick.

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