Pygmalion

Guide Note

Pygmalion is a play based on on Ovid's tale of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. As they work together Henry grows closer to Eliza, but she eventually rejects his controlling attitude and declares she will marry a different man.

Fast Facts

1. Writer: George Bernard Shaw
2. Setting: England
3. Based on Ovid's Pygmalion.
4. Published:1913
5. Premiere Date: October 16, 1913 in Vienna
6. Acts: 5
7. Adapted into the musical My Fair Lady

Characters

1. Professor Henry Higgins
2. Eliza Doolittle
3. Colonel Pickering
4. Alfred Doolittle
5. Mrs. Higgins
6. Freddy Eynsford Hill

The Mahalo Top 7

1. Wikipedia: Pygmalion Play
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4. SparkNotes: Pygmalion Study Guide  
5. LitQuotes: Pygmalion Quotations
6. Amazon.com: Pygmalion Merchandise
7. Video: Pygmalion Act 1 (1 of 2) (Time 07:27)

Pygmalion Online Literature

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• eNotes: Pygmalion Text
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Pygmalion Analysis and Study Guides

• eNotes: Pygmalion Study Guide  
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• BookRags: Pygmalion Study Guide  
• ClassZone.com: Pygmalion Novel Guide
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• MrHermansonEnglish.com: Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw and Satire  

Pygmalion Critical History

• Questia: George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion
• GradeSaver: "An Atypical Romance in Five Acts" (2003)  
• Differences Journal: "The Metamorphosis of Commodities in Shaw's Pygmalion" (2006)  
• Purdue e-Pubs: "The persistence of Pygmalion: ... British narrative" (1998)  

Pygmalion Quotations

• BookRags: Pygmalion Quotations  
• The Quotations Page: Pygmalion Quotations
• ThinkExist: Pygmalion Quotations
• Monologue Archive: Doolittle's Monologue

Pygmalion in Performance

Pygmalion in TV and Films

•   Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
• 1909: Pygmalion
• 1935: Pygmalion
• 1937: Pygmalion
• 1938: Pygmalion
• 1948: Pygmalion (TV)
• 1963: Pygmalion (TV)
• 1968: Pygmalion (TV)
• 1980: Pygmalion (TV)
• 1981: Pygmalion (TV)
• 1983: Pygmalion (TV)
• 1999: Pygmalion

Pygmalion Author Information

• Wikipedia: George Bernard Shaw
• NovelPrize.org: George Bernard Shaw Biography  
• University of Pennsylvania: George Bernard Shaw: A Brief Biography
• Books and Writers: George Bernard Shaw Biography
• The Literature Network: George Bernard Shaw  

Pygmalion Images and Videos

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• YouTube & Google Video: Pygmalion Search
• YouTube: Pygmalion Act 1 1of2 (Time 07:27)

Pygmalion Influences and Culture

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• Google Blog Search: Pygmalion
• SparkNotes: Pygmalion Message Board
• Literature Network Forums: Pygmalion Discussion  

Pygmalion Merchandise

• Amazon.com: Pygmalion Books | DVDs
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