The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and critic who was very influential in Western theatre in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Shaw, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925, was a prolific writer and considered by many to be one of the greatest dramatists in history. Shaw's most famous works include Pygmalion, Arms and the Man, Man and Superman, and Saint Joan.

The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet is a one-act play set in the American West. The main character is a local drunk who has been accused of stealing the Sheriff's horse.