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 of the Second World War scuppered any chances of a long run. Shortly before the war, Rattigan had written (together with Anthony Goldsmith) a satire about Nazi Germany, "Follow My Leader"; the Lord Chamberlain refused to license it on grounds of offence to a foreign country, but it was performed from January 1940. During the war, Rattigan served in the Royal Air Force as a tail gunner; his experiences helped inspire "Flare Path" and he was released from the service to help rewrite it as a film screenplay (which eventually appeared as "The Way to the Stars" in 1945). He