The Winslow Boy

The Telegraph“Unwin directs with an alert eye for both detail and human psychology...” The Winslow Boy (1946) isn’t usually regarded as one of his greatest plays but it feels like one in Stephen Unwins’ superb, timely, and handsomely designed revival. A fine performances from Timothy West as the frail, crusty, drily witty father...

Time Out“A fatherly light by the excellent Timothy West...” Remarkably for a play that is at least in part a legal drama, all the action takes place in the Winslow drawing room. But it’s brought to sumptuous life on Simon Higlett’s elegant, angular set, and by a strong cast...

Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”

Remotegoat.co.uk“Not yet reviewed”

this is london“As the patriarch Arthur Winslow, Timothy West is the production’s anchor.” In Stephen Unwin’s production, the sharpness of Rattigan’s writing is conspicuous. The play crackles with humour, much of it stemming from the conflict between the will of individuals and the hunchbacked repressions of Victorian society...

The Independent“Not yet reviewed”

The Times“The play is topical in a deep sense; it shows what Parliament should be...” As Stephen Unwin’s strongly acted production proves, the play has its complexities too. That trial occurs offstage, which is a pity, but there’s compensation in the play’s most famous scene...

Whatsonstage.com“The Winslow Boy is woven into the very fabric of English life...” Rattigan’s moral decency as a playwright of public affairs is resoundingly renewed. And Stephen Unwin’s sedate but clearly pointed production hits home hard. It’s a modern classic...

Guardian“Rattigan pursues his obsessive theme of the inequality of passion...” Unwin's production gets everything across and is acted with superlative finesse. Timothy West admirably shows that Arthur Winslow's caustic wit and patriarchal sternness conceal an implacable determination that right be done...

The Stage“This stylish, hugely enjoyable revival won a standing ovation...” Adrian Lukis is superbly cast as KC who accepts the Winslow brief with a first act curtain line that never fails to delight. Likewise is Timothy West, whose treasurable performance strikes unexpected chords of ironic wit with almost every line...