As will be seen later on, Pygmalion needs, not a preface, but a sequel, which I have supplied in its due place.
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Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
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In George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion a phonetician believes the power of speech is such that he can introduce a Cockney flower girl to polite society after careful language and etiquette training, and no one will discern her true roots. The professor and the flower girl grown close, but after her successful debut she rejects the professor and his overbearing ways for a poor gentleman.The most famous adaptation of the play is the 1964 film My Fair Lady, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
1998?, Klett
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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
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Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.
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Collected Plays with their Prefaces: Volume IV
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Complete Plays with Prefaces: Volume I
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Four Plays by Bernard Shaw
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Plays
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Portable Bernard Shaw
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Pygmalion and Major Barbara
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Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
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Pygmalion and Related Readings
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Pygmalion and Three Other Plays
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Pygmalion with Connections
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Selected Plays
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Selected Plays with Prefaces
- Six Plays
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| October 3, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Added edition details. |
| October 3, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Added new cover |
| October 3, 2018 | Edited by Lisa | Added new cover |
| April 29, 2011 | Edited by OCLC Bot | Added OCLC numbers. |
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