THE WINSLOW BOY Reviews

I enjoyed this one. Sure, it's long and dated (like most Roundabout show offerings), but it's superbly acted by everyone and is all-around solid.

I'm curious as to how this show will take with the critics.

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...during its six-month run on Broadway in 1947... reviews, while positive, were unmistakably condescending: in the New Yorker Magazine, Wolcott Gibbs deemed it a “good, presentable entertainment, suitable for all the family and guaranteed not to antagonize important guests.”
It is perhaps in part a reflection of current Broadway fare – and perhaps in part of Lindsay Posner’s direction – that this first Broadway revival...seems more substantial.
The Winslow Boy Review

"The veteran actor Roger Rees gives an impeccably judged performance in the central role of Arthur..."

"Anchoring the production is Mr. Rees’s perfectly modulated performance as Arthur, on whom the anxiety and notoriety surrounding the case take the most physical toll. When the play begins, he is obviously a man whose physical prowess is on the wane, even if his mind remains sharp, but as the months and years pass, he grows stooped and infirm. Mr. Rees movingly intimates that, underneath his confident exterior, Arthur has also become prey to thoughts of how heedlessly, and perhaps permanently, he has endangered his family’s fortunes: his eyes glitter with disturbed imaginings."


New York Times Review

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Updated On: 10/17/13 at 11:33 PM

I saw this two weeks ago, and I highly recommend it as the ensemble performances are all excellent, with special bravos to Rees and Crumpsty. Rees will break your heart, truly.

To each their own, Goldenboy. I saw this play almost a month ago at the 3rd or 4th preview, and yes I saw a few bowed heads of those nodding off, but I thoroughly enjoyed the show. It was a Sunday matinee (day of the flea market) and sometimes I can find it hard to sit through a play at around 3:00pm on Sunday - but I was so fascinated by this show, and Rees in particular, that I had no trouble staying awake.

I usually don't agree with the reviewers on plays - but I am happy to do so with The Winslow Boy.

Glad you liked it Emerald. I find it fascinating how we all have different opinions on the same show.

Cause too many people complained your reviews give them motion sickness? I don't know... I'm just guessing.