Pygmalion (Study Texts S.) - Softcover

Shaw, George Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0582330971 ISBN 13: 9780582330979

Publisher: Longman, 1983

Synopsis

Harlow. 18cm. xxxiv,133p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Bernard Shaw ; edited by Gerard Gould ; with a personal essay by John Russell Brown. Longman study texts. Bibliography p. 104 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 0582330971 (pbk)

About this title

From the Back Cover

'You see this creature with her kerbstone English: the English that will keep her in the gutter to the end of her days. Well, sir, in three months I could pass that girl off as a duchess at an ambassador's garden party. I could even get her a place as lady's maid or shop assistant, which requires better English.'

Following this public boast, Professor Henry Higgins accepts a challenge to teach the flower-seller Eliza Doolittle to speak standard English and launch her into polite society. Through Higgins's triumphant transformation of Eliza into a 'lady', and Eliza's subsequent rebellion against Higgins's attitudes and assumptions, Shaw's provocative comedy explores questions of speech and class in England.

First performed in London in 1914, 'Pygmalion' quickly established itself among the classic English comedies. On this lively recording, which offers the complete text of the definitive script of 1I39, the play is performed by a distinguished cast led by Sir Michael Redgrave, Sir Michael Hordern, Lynn Redgave and Donald Pleasence.

About the Author

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) was a Norwegian playwright and poet whose realistic, symbolic and often controversial plays revolutionised European theatre. He is widely regarded as the father of modern drama. His acclaimed plays include A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, An Enemy of the People and The Pillars of the Community. His centenary was celebrated in 2006.

Edition details

• Publisher: Longman
• Publication date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0582330971
• ISBN 13: 9780582330979
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Editor: Gould Gerard