Shaw, Bernard

Pygmalion

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ISBN 13:
9781800605749
author:
Shaw, Bernard
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
Public Publishing
language:
English
Publication Year:
2020
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
22.9 x 15.2 x 0.5 centimeters (0
Genre:
Fiction & Literature, Drama, General,
Condition:
New
Availability:
Item usually sent within 5 working days
£13.82

Description

Pygmalion is a play by Bernard Shaw, first presented in 1912. Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet that he can train a 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 and impeccable speech. The play is a sharp lampoon of the rigid British class system of the day and a commentary on women's independence. Shaw's work was influenced by earlier plays based on Greek mythology, including Pygmalion and Galatea. This adaptation has been widely performed and adapted over the years, most notably as the musical My Fair Lady. A thought-provoking exploration of social class and identity, Pygmalion is a play that continues to resonate with audiences today.

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