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It's interesting to read this play, which was adapted into the musical, My Fair Lady. Shaw's dialogue is, as always, crisp and witty.
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Pygmalion
Pygmalion
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Shaw's classic story of Pygmalion, upon which the libretto of My Fair Lady is based. Henry Higgins, the overbearing professor, vows that he can present a humble flower girl as a high-born lady simply by changing her dialect and accent. The play follows his attempts to do so, and the results of his success.
Author:
Shaw's classic story of Pygmalion, upon which the libretto of My Fair Lady is based. Henry Higgins, the overbearing professor, vows that he can present a humble flower girl as a high-born lady simply by changing her dialect and accent. The play follows his attempts to do so, and the results of his success.
ISBN: 277309
Publication Date: 4/1951
Pages: 123
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Publication Date: 4/1951
Pages: 123
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Love this story. It is the foundation for the movie, "My Fair Lady"
Shaw used Pygmalion from Roman mythology as the basis for his play. It is the story of Professor Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who wagers that he can turn a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into the toast of London society merely by teaching her how to speak with an upper-class accent. In the process, he becomes fond of her and attempts to direct her future, but she rejects his domineering ways and marries a young aristocrat.
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