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| Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2021-04-01 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 152904801X |
George Bernard Shaw is one of the most famous and celebrated Irish playwrights and this new collection brings together the very best of his witty and entertaining comedies in one volume; Pygmalion, Major Barbara and Androcles and the Lion. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has a preface by Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench. Pygmalion was first performed in 1914 and was an instant hit which then inspired the hit musical and award winning film, My Fair Lady. It tells the story of Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins, who tries to elevate a feisty flower girl out of her working-class roots and into high society. In Major Barbara, idealistic Barbara is a major in the Salvation Army, at odds with her millionaire father as they war over the best route to salvation. Androcles and the Lion is a clever retelling of the Bible story about a gentle Christian who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw. All three plays are not only wonderfully amusing, they also showcase Shaw's intense concerns about poverty, class and inequality.
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Digireads.Com |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9781420947113 |
George Bernard Shaw is one of the most influential playwrights of the twentieth century. The collection "Pygmalion and Three Other Plays" contains his best works, which are known for their rapier wit, ideas of decency, and portrayal of human relationships. Shaw wanted his audiences to realize that people, regardless of race, gender, or class, were all human beings with the same needs as everyone else. "Pygmalion" is a modern retelling of the classic story of the same name. Professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, tries to transform a lower-class cockney girl into a lady by teaching her to speak like a proper Englishwoman. What Higgins forgets, though, is that Eliza is a human being who only wants to be treated as such; in Higgins' mind, Eliza is a fun wager, a test of his abilities. When he thinks that he has won and turned Eliza into a fine lady, he becomes lonely and misses her vivacious personality. "Major Barbara," "The Doctor's Dilemma," and "Heartbreak House" all deal with different themes, but each play contains a unique play of words, blending comedy with feeling and heart to create a story which will make a large impression on the audiences' heart.
| Author | : Ruthellen Josselson |
| Publisher | : Jason Aronson, Incorporated |
| Total Pages | : 165 |
| Release | : 2007-06-01 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1461630010 |
We create the characters that people our lives. Although others appear to us to be who they just 'are', there are complicated unconscious psychological processes that lead us to experience people in ways that we ourselves construct. This book analyzes how four pairs of people, central in each other's lives, 'create' one another. It demonstrates how each of us is like a theater director, casting others into roles on our stage, even as others are casting us into their dramas.
| Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 137 |
| Release | : 2023-03-07 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9356843759 |
Pygmalion, a romance play in five acts, is written by George Bernard Shaw and named after the Greek mythological figure. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. It is considered as a humane comedy about love and the English class system. Eliza Doolittle, fictional character, a flower girl who is transformed into a woman of poise and polish by Shaw in this play. According to playwright, character of Professor Henry Higgins was inspired by several British professors of phonetics. The last scene in Act V ends with another confrontation between Higgins and Eliza. Higgins asks if Eliza is satisfied with the revenge she has brought thus far and if she will now come back, but she refuses. Higgins defends himself from Eliza's earlier accusation by arguing that he treats everyone the same. Pygmalion was first produced in German in 1913 in Vienna. It was later on performed in England in 1914.
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 420 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : Egypt |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 136 |
| Release | : 2020-12-21 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
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.
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2011-08-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781448017652 |
| Author | : George Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2020-04-07 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 1504061489 |
The most successful play by the Nobel Prize–winning Irish playwright, and basis for the movie and Broadway musical My Fair Lady. Based on the Greek legend of Pygmalion and Galatea, George Bernard Shaw’s witty adaptation features linguistic expert Professor Henry Higgins, who encounters a cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle. Boasting that he could pass Eliza off as a duchess by teaching her to speak correctly and polishing up her manners, Higgins does not believe he will ever have to prove his claim—until Eliza shows up on his doorstep asking for elocution lessons. Eliza’s subsequent transformation fools London society, but makes both Eliza and Higgins question whether they can return to the lives they had before their extraordinary experiment. “Pygmalion, written in 1912 at a time when women’s suffrage was making daily headlines, stages both Shaw’s progressive belief in the equality of the sexes, as well as his satire of the defiant persistence of Victorian customs and the English class system in the face of inevitable social progress.” —BroadwayWorld
| Author | : Paula James |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 249 |
| Release | : 2011-10-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 144118466X |
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : Andesite Press |
| Total Pages | : 94 |
| Release | : 2017-08-22 |
| Genre | : Drama |
| ISBN | : 9781375920551 |
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