by George Bernard Shaw · Newton Compton Editori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788881830855
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«Pigmalione» is the play by George Bernard Shaw, published by Newton Compton Editori in paperback (100 pages, in Italian).
The phonetician Henry Higgins bets Colonel Pickering that he can turn Eliza Doolittle, a humble flower girl, into a lady able to pass as a duchess at an elegant reception. Between diction and manners lessons, the relationship between master and pupil becomes tense: Eliza demands to be treated as a person, not an experiment.
Complete Italian edition, with an introduction by Masolino d'Amico and a translation by Leonardo Bragaglia and Lucio Chiavarelli. The play was originally published in 1913. Tascabili economici Newton collection.
Suitable for those who enjoy classic theatre or want to discover the work on which My Fair Lady is based; it is also a common reading in schools.
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.
