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The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

Bernard Shaw

Set in the American West, this religious tract in crude melodrama follows Blanco Posnet, a drunk and reprobate accused of stealing the Sheriff's horse.

"The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet" by Bernard Shaw is an one-act play. Set in the American West, this religious tract in crude melodrama follows Blanco Posnet, a drunk and reprobate accused of stealing the Sheriff's horse.

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Let me now tell the story of the Committee in greater detail, partly as a contribution to history; partly because, like most true stories, it is more amusing than the official story.

Contents

  1. 01Preface
  2. 02The Censorship
  3. 03A Readable Bluebook
  4. 04How Not to Do It
  5. 05The Story of the Joint Select Committee
  6. 06Why the Managers Love the Censorship
  7. 07A Two Guinea Insurance Policy
  8. 08Why the Government Interfered
  9. 09The Peers on the Joint Select Committee
  10. 10The Committee’s Attitude Toward the Theatre
  11. 11A Bad Beginning
  12. 12A Comic Interlude
  13. 13An Anti-Shavian Panic
  14. 14A Rare and Curious First Edition
  15. 15The Times to the Rescue
  16. 16The Council of Ten
  17. 17The Sentence
  18. 18The Execution
  19. 19The Rejected Statement
  20. 20Part I
  21. 21The Witness’s Qualifications
  22. 22The Definition of Immorality
  23. 23What Toleration Means
  24. 24The Case for Toleration
  25. 25The Limits to Toleration
  26. 26The Difference Between Law and Censorship
  27. 27Why the Lord Chamberlain?
  28. 28The Diplomatic Objection to the Lord Chamberlain
  29. 29The Objection of Court Etiquet
  30. 30Why Not an Enlightened Censorship?
  31. 31The Weakness of the Lord Chamberlain’s Department
  32. 32An Enlightened Censorship Still Worse Than the Lord Chamberlain’s
  33. 33The Practical Impossibilities of Censorship
  34. 34The Arbitration Proposal
  35. 35End of the First Part of the Rejected Statement.
  36. 36The Rejected Statement: Part Two
  37. 37The Licensing of Theatres
  38. 38The Distinction Between Licensing and Censorship
  39. 39Prostitution and Drink in Theatres
  40. 40Why the Managers Dread Local Control
  41. 41Desirable Limitations of Local Control
  42. 42Summary
  43. 43Preface Resumed
  44. 44Mr. George Alexander’s Protest
  45. 45Eliza and Her Bath
  46. 46A King’s Proctor
  47. 47Counsel’s Opinion
  48. 48Wanted: A New Magna Charta
  49. 49Proposed: A New Star Chamber
  50. 50Possibilities of the Proposal
  51. 51Star Chamber Sentimentality
  52. 52Anything for a Quiet Life
  53. 53Shall the Examiner of Plays Starve?
  54. 54Lord Gorell’s Awakening
  55. 55Judges: Their Professional Limitations
  56. 56Conclusion
  57. 57Ayot St. Lawrence, 14Th July 1910.
  58. 58The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

About this edition

Author
Bernard Shaw
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
138 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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