The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet eBook

George Bernard Shaw

Table of Contents
Section	Page

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

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