Composition begun 7 March 1912; completed early June 1912.
An edition of My Fair Lady / Pygmalion
(1975)
Pygmalion/My Fair Lady
1st Signet printing (9)
by George Bernard Shaw and Alan Jay Lerner
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The ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride.
Centuries later George Bernard Shaw captured the magic of this legend in his celebrated romantic play, Pygmalion. Pygmalion became Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, his statue an untutored flower girl from the streets of London, and the barrier between them the difference in their stations in life.
In My Fair Lady, the legend is taken one step further: the barrier is swept away and Higgins and Eliza are reunited as the curtain falls on one of the loveliest musical plays of our time.
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Working class, Speech and social status, Social classes, Single women, Manners and customs, Man-woman relationships, musicals, classism, Fiction, Drama, Collections, Librettos, English drama, Dialects, English language, Flower vending, Linguistics teachers, Musicals, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)People
Pygmalion, Galatea, Henry Higgins, Eliza Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Alfred Doolittle, Mrs. Higgins, Freddy Eynsford HillTimes
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Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
1980-08, Signet Classics
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Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
1975 04, Signet
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- 1st Signet Printing (18)
0451524764 9780451524768
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Pygmalion/My Fair Lady
April 1, 1975, Signet Classics, Brand: Signet Classics
0451523547 9780451523549
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Pygmalion/My Fair Lady
1975-04, New American Library
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- 1st Signet printing (9)
0451519264 9780451519269
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