Pygmalion

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Author: George Bernard Shaw

ISBN-10: 1416500405

ISBN-13: 9781416500407

Category: British & Irish Drama

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A success on the stage, a popular film and a 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.

Bernard Shaw: A ChronologyIntroductionThe AuthorThe Genesis and Composition of PygmalionOpening Night, 11 April 1914The Ending(s) of PygmalionWhich Pygmalion?Sources and InfluencesAn 'Intensely and Deliberately Didactic' PlayShaw's NoraPygmalion-HigginsThe 'Undeserving Poor' - and RichThe Stage History of PygmalionNote on the TextA Note on Places and Money in PygmalionFurther ReadingPygmalion 1Preface 2The Persons of the Play 7The Scenes of the Play 7Note for Technicians 8The Text 9Sequel 129Appendix I Discarded Scenes 141Appendix II The Censor's Report on Pygmalion 144Appendix III The Endings of Pygmalion 146