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Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

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Nov 10, 2013 Kenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: scripts, éirinn, classics, theatre, nobel-prize, shaw

The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.
Pygmalion ~~ George Bernard Shaw

#9 of my 2018 Shaw Project

Many people consider Pygmalion to be Shaw's best play. I'm not among them (nor is Major Barbara for that matter). With that being said, I adore this script. I do fe ...more

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Aug 11, 2020 Franky rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, drama, 2020-reading-challenge

George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, a social commentary and comedy about the transformation of a poor flower girl (Liza Doolittle) has been presented on stage and screen in various ways since its first publication. The title is in reference to the Greek legend of Pygmalion, a sculptor who literally fell in love with his creation. In Shaw’s play, it is Henry Higgins, a professor in phonetics, who tries to literally sculp Liza into the proper lady.

For some reason, I had a hard time getting invested ...more

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Sep 17, 2011 Emily rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Great dialogue - a lot of it was used verbatim in My Fair Lady - and great characters!

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Dec 02, 2015 Andreea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This was really fun and so not what I expected. I was always curious about this play (nope, have not seen My Fair Lady yet), because of an Asian drama that was loosely inspired by it and then the unfortunately cancelled 2014 TV shows Selfie - it's not the best sitcom out there, but I enjoyed it towards the end.

Then I read the play and it was really funny and so not romantic, with an open ending - although I did read some of author's notes on what happens next but to be honest it doesn't matter ...more

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