Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

‘The Citizens’ Theatre Players last night presented two plays by Bernard Shaw, “The Man of Destiny” and “The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet” … Eric Capon, who was responsible for the direction of both plays, did an effective piece of work in grouping and arranging the many characters in “Blanco Posnet,” which was performed in a manner creditable to all concerned’ (The Scotsman, 22 February 1944). ‘Two one-act plays by G. B. Shaw were produced at the Citizens’ Theatre last night … “The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet,” a type of Wild West play we are more familiar with on the films, has a large cast for a one-act, and, for that reason, is seldom staged. The Citizens’ Theatre is to be congratulated on its production. Michael Warre as Blanco, gave an excellent portrayal of the bad man who wasn’t quite bad enough. The play is frank melodrama, with a somewhat unconvincing moral, but it is spectacular, and well worthy of production’ (Daily Record, 22 February 1944). ‘The two one-act plays, “The Man of Destiny” and “The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet,” now in their final week at Citizens’ Theatre, are not the best examples of Shaw’s dramatic art, but they are interesting and stimulating’ (Daily Record, 7 March 1944).