Great War Theatre

Performances at this Theatre

Date Script Type
5 Jun 1926 The Shewing up of Blanco Posnet Amateur
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‘“The Showing Up of Blanco Posnet,” by George Bernard Shaw, was presented at St. Kilda’s Hall, North Finchley, by the Golders Green I.L.P. Players on Saturday, in aid of the Miners’ Dependents’ Fund. The crude life in a ranching town in Western U.S.A. was realistically portrayed, all the actors showing an understanding of their parts, whilst some of the representations were nothing less than brilliant. Mr. Frank B. Hayward, as Blanco Posnet, was the sentimental bad man to perfection. He carried the audience with him in the final stage of the trial, where Blanco, the horse-thief, preaches a sermon to his accusers. His fit of madness was almost too convincing for the comfort of the audience ...' (Hendon & Finchley Times, Friday 11 June 1926).