The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: Play Guide and Free Edition
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet" by Bernard Shaw is a one-act play first produced in 1909. 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. As the trial unfolds, witnesses testify and secrets emerge about what really happened that night. Shaw's controversial statements about God sparked a censorship battle with British authorities, leading to the play's defiant premiere in Dublin instead of London.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
- Author credits: Shaw, Bernard (1856–1950)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Censorship
- Horse stealing -- Drama
- West (U.S.) -- Drama
Gutenberg collections
- Banned Books from Anne Haight's list
- Category: Plays/Films/Dramas
- Nobel Prizes in Literature
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