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- Writer: George Bernard Shaw
- Setting: England
- Based on Ovid's Pygmalion.
- Published: 1913
- Premiere Date: October 16, 1913 in Vienna
- Acts: 5
- Adapted into the musical My Fair Lady
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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.
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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.
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Pygmalion Questions
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Dr Pygmalion or Dr Frankenstein? 6 AnswersThis is certainly a fairy tale come true, very much like the frog turned into a handsome prince when kissed by the princess. Similarly, the ugly woman turned in... read more -
why is pygmalion regarded as a problem play and not a romantic play? 2 AnswersIt is not a romantic play because there is no physical or emotional relationship between Professor Higgins and Eliza. They have grown dependent upon each other,... read more
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Fast Facts
- Writer: George Bernard Shaw
- Setting: England
- Based on Ovid's Pygmalion.
- Published:1913
- Premiere Date: October 16, 1913 in Vienna
- Acts: 5
- Adapted into the musical My Fair Lady
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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
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L'empreinte des dieux - par Graham Hancock - Pygmalion. http://tinyurl.com/yczt5n4
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Have you heard of the Pygmalion Effect? http://ow.ly/FmBS How High Expectation Creates High Performance
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Have you heard of the Pygmalion Effect? http://ow.ly/FmBo How High Expectation Creates High Performance
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@dotstarss good move, Pygmalion is same story as My Fair Lady, I may ask for it for X-Mas, maybe that and Gomorrah?
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@dotstarss also not sure if you noticed but the British film Pygmalion Criterion edition went out of print, so if you want it, get it now.
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