Nottingham Co-operative Society Hall, Nottingham

The Nottingham Evening Post, Thursday 30 August 1945, advertised that the N.C.S. People’s Theatre was to present F. Sladen-Smith’s “St. Simeon Stylites” and Shaw’s “Showing Up of Blanco Posnet” in the N.C.S. Hall, Upper Parliament Street on Thursday, Friday and Saturday that week. ‘If the two one-act plays which they chose for their first production at the Nottingham Co-operative Hall last night are a reliable indication of the future policy of the N.C.S. People’s Theatre, the new company are a welcome addition to the ranks of local amateur dramatic societies … Bernard Shaw’s “Showing Up of Blanco Posnet” is described by the author as ‘a sermon in crude melodrama.’ It is, in effect, a Saviano “Hound of Heaven,” based on the struggles of a good man to be bad. While a considerable way from being a good play, it was excellent material for the novice company, asking for little subtlety and much bold, knock-about energy ... The plays will be repeated this evening and on Saturday’ (Nottingham Journal, 31 August 1945).