by George Bernard Shaw · William Collins · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780008480066
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«Pygmalion» is George Bernard Shaw's satirical play, published by William Collins in paperback (144 pages, in English).
A satire of the British class system: Eliza Doolittle, a flower seller, and phonetics professor Henry Higgins are at the centre of a bet in which he undertakes to turn her into a lady of high society. The experiment transforms Eliza and confronts her with her identity, language and independence in Edwardian England.
The play premiered in 1913; this edition belongs to the Collins Classics collection.
For readers of British theatre classics and for those wishing to discover the work that inspired the musical My Fair Lady.
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.
