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Pygmalion (Paperback)
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Pygmalion (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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List price R208
Loot Price R178
Discovery Miles 1 780
You Save R30 (14%)
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"Shaw will not allow complacency; he hates second-hand opinions; he
attacks fashion; he continually challenges and unsettles,
questioning and provoking us even when he is making us laugh. And
he is still at it. No cliche or truism of contemporary life is safe
from him." -Michael Holroyd Of all of George Bernard Shaw's plays,
Pygmalion has been the most enduring. Based on the Greek Classical
myth, this work is both extremely witty and psychologically
penetrating. Composed in five acts, the play examines social and
ethical issues and the inherent flaws of human interactions. Henry
Higgins, a London phonetics teacher, wagers a bet with a colleague
that he can transform the cockney-accented diction and manners of
an impoverished flower girl, and pass her off as member of high
society. The girl, Eliza Doolittle, accepts to take part of the
experiment in the hope that her consequential metamorphosis will
aid her in procuring a job in a proper flower shop. Her
transfiguration, however, comes at great cost. Shaw's exceptionally
sharp dialogue and characteristic wit is unmatched in this classic
and timeless work of drama. With an eye-catching new cover, and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Pygmalion is
both modern and readable.
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