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The Winslow boy.

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Based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order and first staged in 1946, The Winslow Boy has been revived many times since.

Ronnie Winslow is expelled from naval college, having been accused of petty theft. Enraged, his father Arthur engages a lawyer to challenge the Admiralty to prove the charges in court – but public opinion is very much against the Winslows, and each member of the family is suffering...

'as well made an example of a well-made play as you will find anywhere' Sunday Times

This edition includes an authoritative introduction by Dan Rebellato, a biographical sketch and a chronology.

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Product Details
Nick Hern Books
1780012152 / 9781780012155
eBook (EPUB)
822.914
16/05/2013
England
English
117 pages
Copy: 20%; print: 20%
Reprint. Film tie-in Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed. Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946.