The Winslow Boy Morton, and Emma Thompson as Catherine. "The Winslow Boy" was presented on the BBC Home Service "Saturday Night Theatre" November 15, 1947. The performance starred David Spenser, Frank Cellier, and Molly Rankin. "The Winslow Boy" was presented on "Theatre Guild on the Air" November 23, 1952. The one-hour adaptation starred Basil Rathbone, Alan Webb, and Margaret Phillips. The Winslow Boy The Winslow Boy is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an incident involving George Archer-Shee in the Edwardian era. The incident took place at the Royal Naval College, Osborne. Set against the strict codes of conduct
Terence Rattigan "Aunt Edna" inspired Joe Orton to create "Edna Welthorpe", a mischievous alter ego stirring up controversy about his own plays. Rattigan was gay, with numerous lovers but no long-term partners, a possible exception being his "congenial companion ... and occasional friend" Michael Franklin. It has been claimed his work is essentially autobiographical, containing coded references to his sexuality, which he kept secret from all but his closest friends. There is some truth in this, but it risks being crudely reductive; for example, the repeated claim that Rattigan originally wrote "The Deep Blue Sea" as a play about male lovers, turned