Vintage paperback edition in fair condition. Some cover wear and yellowing of pages.
“I sold flowers. I didn’t sell myself. Now you’ve made a lady of me I’m not fit to sell anything else.”
One of George Bernard Shaw’s best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an entertaining motion picture, and a great hit with its musical version, My Fair Lady.” An updated and considerably revised version of the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, the 20th-century story pokes fun at the antiquated British class system.
In Shaw’s clever adaptation, Professor Henry Higgins, a linguistic expert, takes on a bet that he can transform an awkward cockney flower seller into a refined young lady simply by polishing her manners and changing the way she speaks. In the process of convincing society that his creature is a mysterious royal figure, the Professor also falls in love with his elegant handiwork.
The irresistible theme of the emerging butterfly, together with Shaw’s brilliant dialogue and splendid skills as a playwright have made Pygmalion one of the most popular comedies in the English language. A staple of college drama courses, it is still widely performed.
Read Alikes for Pygmalion: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen; Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw; Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.
Vintage paperback edition in fair condition. Some cover wear and yellowing of pages.
“I sold flowers. I didn’t sell myself. Now you’ve made a lady of me I’m not fit to sell anything else.”
One of George Bernard Shaw’s best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages, an entertaining motion picture, and a great hit with its musical version, My Fair Lady.” An updated and considerably revised version of the ancient Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, the 20th-century story pokes fun at the antiquated British class system.
In Shaw’s clever adaptation, Professor Henry Higgins, a linguistic expert, takes on a bet that he can transform an awkward cockney flower seller into a refined young lady simply by polishing her manners and changing the way she speaks. In the process of convincing society that his creature is a mysterious royal figure, the Professor also falls in love with his elegant handiwork.
The irresistible theme of the emerging butterfly, together with Shaw’s brilliant dialogue and splendid skills as a playwright have made Pygmalion one of the most popular comedies in the English language. A staple of college drama courses, it is still widely performed.
Read Alikes for Pygmalion: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen; Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw; Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.
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George Bernard Shaw
1916 (This Ed. 1960)
