Postal orders of the United Kingdom Royal Mail decided to introduce a series of gift postal orders. These have been retained. Since then, the Royal Mail has introduced a series of postal orders which can be used for purchases at Argos stores, however these have since been withdrawn. The 1946 play "The Winslow Boy" by Terence Rattigan, and the two subsequent films based on it, features the story of a schoolboy trying to clear his name over the theft of a five shilling postal order. The story was loosely based on the real life George Archer-Shee case. Postal orders are now becoming increasingly popular as a
The Sleeping Prince (play) Laurence Olivier, whose wife was an actress called pert Vivien Leigh, and a playwright called clever Terence Rattigan wrote a play for them, called "The Sleeping Prince," with a gruff part for him and a pert part for her, and to nobody's surprise it ran happily ever after, with twice-weekly matinées.""The Spectator" however, called it "the very best of its kind"; Michael Redgrave directed the play on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in November and December 1956, with the following cast: The production ran for 60 performances. Marilyn Monroe bought the rights to the play and subsequently produced "The Prince