SOURCE: Beaufort, John. “One Man's Battle against Officialdom.” Christian Science Monitor (4 November 1980): 18.

In the following review of the 1980 New York revival, Beaufort lauds the humor and compassion of The Winslow Boy and deems the play a “humanly appealing drama.”

Inspired by the Archer-Shee case of 1908, this play stirringly dramatizes one man's fight against the weight of officialdom, in this case the British Admiralty. Retaining principal elements of the legal battle that once shook a nation, playwright Terence Rattigan tells how retired bank manager Arthur Winslow (Ralph Clanton) goes about clearing the name of his son Ronnie (David Haller). Winslow acts with courage and unswerving resolution when he becomes convinced that Ronnie is innocent of the petty theft for which he has been expelled from Osborne Naval College.

The Winslow Boy apparently has not been acted professionally in New York since its 1947 Broadway premiere. As if to make up...