Martin Archer-Shee Martin Archer-Shee Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Martin Archer-Shee, DSO (5 May 1873 – 6 January 1935) was a British army officer and Conservative Party politician. He was the son of Martin Archer-Shee and his wife Elizabeth Edith Dennistoun "née" Pell of New York who married in 1872 at Piccadilly. His father was a bank manager. He was the great grandson of the painter Martin Archer Shee. His half-brother was George Archer-Shee, whose notable acquittal of the accusation of theft became the basis of the play "The Winslow Boy" by Terrence Rattigan. Archer-Shee was educated at The Oratory School before entering the Royal
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