by George Bernard Shaw · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141439501
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«Pygmalion» is the five-act comedy by George Bernard Shaw, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (176 pages, in English).
A retelling of the classic myth of the sculptor in love with his statue: phonetician Henry Higgins bets he can turn cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady of high society. With biting dialogue, Shaw attacks the British class system and identity as a social construct. The play inspired the musical My Fair Lady.
Revised Penguin Classics edition with an introduction by Nicholas Grene, textual supervision by Dan H. Laurence, and the 'sequel' Shaw added for the original 1916 publication.
For readers of classic theatre, students of English literature, and fans of My Fair Lady who want to discover the original play.
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.
