Pygmalion
Pygmalion is a 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the Greek myth. It follows Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetics expert, who bets he can transform Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a refined lady by teaching her upper-class speech and manners. As Eliza learns, she grows close to Higgins but ultimately rejects his domineering nature, choosing to marry the poor gentleman Freddy Eynsford-Hill. The play later inspired the musical and film 'My Fair Lady'.
Episodes
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and
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