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Pygmalion
Pygmalion
Author: Bernard Shaw
A rousing success on the London and New York stages, a popular film and a great musical hit (My Fair Lady), this brilliantly written play, with its irresistible theme of the emerging butterfly, is one of the most acclaimed comedies in the English language.
ISBN-13: 9780001047952
ISBN-10: 0001047957
Publication Date: 12/5/1994
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: HarperCollins Audio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD
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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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Love this story. It is the foundation for the movie, "My Fair Lady"
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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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