The Winslow Boy-"Fine Ole Rumpus"

The Winslow Boy @ American Airlines Theatre is a revival of one of the many successful Terrence Rattigan's plays.  The play is set in London, 1912.  A young disheartened boy enters his family home unexpectedly as he was to be @ boarding school.  The young lass, Ronnie, "That Winslow Boy," has been expelled from his prestigious military academy for stealing.   Despite his ignoble circumstances, he adamantly maintains his innocence for which he receives the unflagging support of his parents & siblings.  The play is period piece just prior to the breakout of WWI.  The older sister, Catherine, is a woman with modern ideas.  She is a staunch suffragette and advocate for female equality.  Catherine's ideals were somewhat ahead of her time but the play's timeless theme is "Let right be done."  The battle with achieving justice & the common good is weighed heavily against individual sacrifices.  Add, to the intriguing legal battle, familial bonds, unrequitted love and burgeoning romantic love.  "Facts are brutal."  The facts remain, the quest for great theatre is served in The Winslow Boy.