The Winslow Boy (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Terence Rattigan
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Plot: Problem play
- Time of Work: Shortly before the outbreak of World War I
- Setting: The drawing room of a home in Courtfield Gardens, South Kensington, London
- Principal Characters: Arthur Winslow, Grace Winslow, Ronnie Winslow, Richard “Dickie” Winslow, Catherine Winslow, Violet, John Watherstone, Desmond Curry, Sir Robert Morton
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, History play
- Subjects: Justice, Family or family life, Schools or school life, Honesty, Ethics, Truthfulness and falsehood, Theft, Morality or morals, Students or student life, Private schools, Honor
- Locales: London, England
The Play
Act 1 opens in a drawing room of a home in Courtfield Gardens in South Kensington, London, in July, during a year not long before the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Ronnie Winslow, a cadet at the Royal Navy School at Osborne, returns unexpectedly from his school on a Sunday and is greeted by Violet, the family’s housekeeper. Ronnie is obviously depressed. His parents, Arthur and Grace Winslow, his brother Dickie, and sister Catherine are attending church services but return home shortly. Unaware that Ronnie has returned home, the other members of the family discuss...
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