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Michael and Lynn Redgrave star in this production of the comic gem in which Professor Henry Higgins transforms a rough-hewn Cockney girl into a sophisticated lady of society; the play was later transformed into My Fair Lady.
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'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.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was an Irish playwright. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings deal sternly with prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy to make their stark themes more palatable. Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care and class privilege.
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Pygmalion: Unabridged On Two Cassettes ISBN 10: 0694517585 ISBN 13: 9780694517589 (1996 Copyright)
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Original Wraps Audiocassettes. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Unabridged. Good 1996 Copyright In Original Fair Wraps In Two Double-Sided Audio Cassettes, Pygmalion: Unabridged On Two Cassettes, Performed By Michael Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Michael Hordern, Donald Pleasence And Cast With Run Time Of Approximately Two Hours, In Pictorial Original Fair Wraps; Dimensions: 4.50" W X 7.00"H; CD, Access Code, Software Not Issued; ISBN 10: 0694517585 ISBN 13: 9780694517589 (1996 Copyright) cdu4. Seller Inventory # 494346