by George Bernard Shaw · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804368342
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«Pigmalione» is the play by George Bernard Shaw, published by Mondadori in paperback (160 pages, in Italian).
The phonetics professor Henry Higgins bets that he can turn Eliza Doolittle, a humble flower seller, into a lady of high society by correcting her speech and manners. Shaw uses this plot to satirize British social classes and show how language determines identity.
Italian translation by Francesco Saba Sardi; number 68 in Mondadori's Oscar classici moderni collection. 1993 edition.
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.
