Square One Theatre to Close 25th Anniversary Season with THE WINSLOW BOY

Square One Theatre Company, in Stratford, Connecticut, concludes its 25th Anniversary Season with Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy, opening Friday, May 15 and continuing Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through May 30 (2015).

Hailed by The New York Times as "A stirring, moving and resonant drama that touches a deep chord," The Winslow Boy is set against the strict codes of conduct and manners of the Edwardian era. Some feel it might have influenced the creator of the popular PBS series, "Downton Abbey." It is a classic British drama about a father's determination to clear his young son's reputation after the boy has been accused of stealing and is expelled from naval college. To clear the boy's name was imperative for the family's honor; had they not done so, they would have been shunned by their peers and society. A gripping tale that resonates long after the final curtain, The Winslow Boy follows in the tradition of such popular Square One classics as The Heiress and Rutherford and Son. Winner of the Critic's Award as the best foreign play of its year, this absorbing drama was a tremendous hit in both London and the United States..

The cast of The Winslow Boy includes Square One Subscriber Award-Winners Jim Buffone (Milford), Ann Kinner and Davina Porter (Westport), David Victor (Fairfield) and Tess Brown (Bridgeport) along with Bruce Murray and Sam Nocciolo (Stratford), Ryan Hendrickson (Stamford) and Joseph Maker (Darien) making their Square One stage debuts.

The Winslow Boy is directed by Stratford's Tom Holehan, who is also the theatre and film critic for Elm City Newspapers, a co-founder of the Connecticut Critics Circle and resident critic for WPKN-FM's State of the ARTS.

Sir Terence Rattigan (1911-1977), a British playwright, is considered a master of the well-made play. The Winslow Boy (1946), a drama based on a real-life case in which a young boy at the Royal Naval College was unjustly accused of theft, won a New York Critics award.. Rattigan was knighted in 1971 for his services to the theatre. He had many screenplays to his credit, including film versions ofThe Winslow Boy (1948 and 1995) and Separate Tables (1958), among others, and The Yellow Rolls Royce (1965) and Goodbye Mr. Chips (1968).