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Pygmalion is a play by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure. It premiered at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna on 16 October 1913 and was first presented on stage in German.
Pygmalion, romance in five acts by George Bernard Shaw, produced in German in 1913 in Vienna. It was performed in England in 1914, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle. The play is a humane comedy about love and the English class system.
Mar 1, 2003 · Title: Pygmalion. Author: George Bernard Shaw. Release Date: March 1, 2003 [eBook #3825] [Most recently updated: February 1, 2021] Language: English. Character set encoding: UTF-8. Produced by: Eve Sobol. HTML version by Al Haines. *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PYGMALION ***
The title of Shaw’s play alludes to the classical myth of Pygmalion, a Cretan king who fell in love with his own sculpture. She was transformed into a woman, Galatea, by Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love.
A short summary of George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Pygmalion.
Pygmalion Summary. One rainy night in Covent Garden, London, a crowd of people from various social classes all seek shelter under the same church portico. A wealthy mother (later revealed to be Mrs. Eynsford Hill) waits exasperatedly with her daughter Clara for her son Freddy to find a taxi.
George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, first premiered in 1913, is a satirical play that investigates issues of class, identity, and social mobility. The plot centers around Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetics expert, who takes on the challenge of transforming Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, into a refined lady.
