When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be riddled with difficulties, and that behind her cockney parlance the girl in question, Eliza Doolittle, has a mind, ideas and aspirations of her own. Things come to a crux when the creature starts to rebel against her creator - and the scene is set for a play that questions the class system, social appearances and the role of women in society. Universally regarded as Shaw's most successful work, Pygmalion - here presented in its definitive 1941 version, with footnotes indicating the textual variants from the first volume edition of 1916 - has spawned a great number of adaptations, among them the famous 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady, and shows ancient myth's undiminished ability to find new incarnations in modern life.
| ISBN: | 9781847498595 |
| Publication date: | 15th July 2021 |
| Author: | Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher: | Alma Classics an imprint of Alma Books COMMIS |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 155 pages |
| Series: | Alma Classics Evergreens |
| Genres: |
Performing arts Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards) Comedic plays Narrative theme: Social issues Plays, playscripts |
When professor of phonetics Henry Higgins wagers with Colonel Pickering that he could teach even a gutter-mouthed flower seller how to speak like a duchess, little does he expect that his social experiment will be riddled with difficulties, and that behind her cockney parlance the girl in question, Eliza Doolittle, has a mind, ideas and aspirations of her own. Things come to a crux when the creature starts to rebel against her creator - and the scene is set for a play that questions the class system, social appearances and the role of women in society. Universally regarded as Shaw's most successful work, Pygmalion - here presented in its definitive 1941 version, with footnotes indicating the textual variants from the first volume edition of 1916 - has spawned a great number of adaptations, among them the famous 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady, and shows ancient myth's undiminished ability to find new incarnations in modern life.
Pygmalion features in the following genres: Performing arts, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards), Comedic plays, Narrative theme: Social issues, Plays, playscripts
Pygmalion is available in Paperback, Ebook
Pygmalion was written by Bernard Shaw and published by Alma Classics an imprint of Alma Books COMMIS
Pygmalion has 155 pages
Yes it is part of Alma Classics Evergreens series
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