play "The Winslow Boy"

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"The Winslow Boy" is a 1946 stage play by Terence Rattigan that dramatizes a family's legal and moral struggle to clear their son's name after a wrongful accusation.

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Label Occurrences
play "The Winslow Boy" canonical 2
play The Winslow Boy (1946) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
author Terence Rattigan ⓘ
basedOn Archer-Shee case ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dramaticStructure courtroom drama elements ⓘ
dramaturgicalForm four-act play ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1946 ⓘ
firstPerformedIn London theatre ⓘ
genre family drama ⓘ
legal drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Winslow Boy (1948 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy (1958 television film) ⓘ
linked to: The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy (1999 film) ⓘ
linked to: The Winslow Boy

The Winslow Boy (radio adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: The Winslow Boy
hasCharacter Desmond Curry ⓘ
John Watherstone ⓘ
Violet ⓘ
hasDialogueStyle naturalistic ⓘ
hasMoralQuestion Is it right to sacrifice everything for a point of principle? ⓘ
hasRecurringLine "Let right be done." ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Ronnie Winslow ⓘ
influencedBy British legal system ⓘ
intendedMedium theatre ⓘ
literaryMovement realism ⓘ
mainCharacter Arthur Winslow ⓘ
Catherine Winslow ⓘ
Grace Winslow ⓘ
Ronnie Winslow ⓘ
Sir Robert Morton ⓘ
notableProduction Original West End production ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Terence Rattigan plays ⓘ
plotSummary A family fights a legal and moral battle to clear their son of a charge of theft from a naval college. ⓘ
publicationYear 1946 ⓘ
settingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
settingPeriod Edwardian era ⓘ
subject family loyalty ⓘ
honor ⓘ
justice ⓘ
legal ethics ⓘ
wrongful accusation ⓘ
theme The impact of legal battles on private life ⓘ
The principle of justice regardless of cost ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 20th century ⓘ
writer Terence Rattigan ⓘ

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Archer-Shee case → inspiredWork → play "The Winslow Boy" ⓘ
Catherine Winslow → firstAppearance → play The Winslow Boy (1946) ⓘ
linked to: play "The Winslow Boy"
awarded to Archer-Shee family → inspiredWork → play "The Winslow Boy" ⓘ