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 at the last minute into a heterosexual play, is unfounded, though Rattigan said otherwise. On the other hand, for the Broadway staging of "Separate Tables", he wrote an alternative version of the newspaper article in which Major Pollock's indiscretions are revealed to his fellow hotel guests; in this version, those whom the Major approached for sex were men rather than young women. However, Rattigan changed his mind about staging it, and the original version proceeded. Rattigan was fascinated with the life and character of T. E. Lawrence. In 1960 he wrote a play called "Ross", based on Lawrence's exploits. Preparations