The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet - With Preface on the Censorship
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The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet - With Preface on the Censorship

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The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet - With Preface on the Censorship

About this book

"The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet: A Sermon in Crude Melodrama" is a 1909 play in one act by George Bernard Shaw. Described by Shaw as a religious tract in dramatic form, it was originally refused a performance licence due to comments made by the protagonist about God, considered blasphemous at the time. George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, polemicist and critic. He had a significant influence on Western theatre, politics, and culture, and wrote more than sixty plays during his career. Shaw received the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature and shared the 1938 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, which he won for the film adaptation of "Pygmalion". Other notable works by this author include: "The Admirable Bashville " (1901), "Androcles and the Lion" (1912), and "Saint Joan" (1923). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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Information

Publisher
Macnutt Press
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781444644814
eBook ISBN
9781473349551
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
British Drama
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. George Bernard Shaw
  2. HOW NOT TO DO IT
  3. THE STORY OF THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
  4. WHY THE MANAGERS LOVE THE CENSORSHIP
  5. A TWO GUINEA INSURANCE POLICY
  6. WHY THE GOVERNMENT INTERFERED
  7. THE PEERS ON THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE
  8. THE COMMITTEE'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE THEATRE
  9. A BAD BEGINNING
  10. A COMIC INTERLUDE
  11. AN ANTI-SHAVIAN PANIC
  12. A RARE AND CURIOUS FIRST EDITION
  13. THE TIMES TO THE RESCUE
  14. THE COUNCIL OF TEN
  15. THE SENTENCE
  16. THE EXECUTION
  17. THE WITNESS'S QUALIFICATIONS
  18. THE DEFINITION OF IMMORALITY
  19. WHAT TOLERATION MEANS
  20. THE CASE FOR TOLERATION
  21. THE LIMITS TO TOLERATION
  22. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAW AND CENSORSHIP
  23. WHY THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN?
  24. THE DIPLOMATIC OBJECTION TO THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN
  25. THE OBJECTION OF COURT ETIQUET
  26. WHY NOT AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP?
  27. THE WEAKNESS OF THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S DEPARTMENT
  28. AN ENLIGHTENED CENSORSHIP STILL WORSE THAN THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S
  29. THE PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITIES OF CENSORSHIP
  30. THE ARBITRATION PROPOSAL
  31. THE LICENSING OF THEATRES
  32. PROSTITUTION AND DRINK IN THEATRES
  33. WHY THE MANAGERS DREAD LOCAL CONTROL
  34. DESIRABLE LIMITATIONS OF LOCAL CONTROL
  35. SUMMARY
  36. PREFACE RESUMED
  37. ELIZA AND HER BATH
  38. A KING'S PROCTOR
  39. COUNSEL'S OPINION
  40. WANTED: A NEW MAGNA CHARTA
  41. PROPOSED: A NEW STAR CHAMBER
  42. POSSIBILITIES OF THE PROPOSAL
  43. STAR CHAMBER SENTIMENTALITY
  44. ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE
  45. SHALL THE EXAMINER OF PLAYS STARVE?
  46. LORD GORELL'S AWAKENING
  47. JUDGES: THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIMITATIONS
  48. CONCLUSION
  49. AYOT ST. LAWRENCE, 14TH JULY 1910.
  50. THE SHEWING-UP OF BLANCO POSNET