George Bernard Shaw

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Pygmalion (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (2016)Paperback - 2016, 23 January 2016

Pygmalion (Wisehouse Classics Edition) (2016)
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102 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Wisehouse Classics
Date Published
23 Jan 2016
ISBN-10
917637209X
ISBN-13
9789176372098

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PYGMALION is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological character. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913. Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an ambassador's garden party by teaching her to assume a veneer of gentility, the most important element of which, he believes, is impeccable speech. The play is a sharp lampoon of the rigid British class system of the day and a commentary on women's independence.

In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era English playwrights, including one of Shaw's influences, W. S. Gilbert, who wrote a successful play based on the story called Pygmalion and Galatea first presented in 1871. Shaw would also have been familiar with the burlesque version, Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed. Shaw's play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the musical My Fair Lady and the film of that name. (more o: www.wisehouse-classics.com)

Product Details

Author:
George Bernard Shaw
Book Edition:
2016
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
23 January 2016
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 0.61 cm
ISBN-10:
917637209X
ISBN-13:
9789176372098
Language:
English
Pages:
102
Weight:
158.76 gm

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