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Fair condition, stains and rips on cover as pictured. Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, printed in USA 1942, 2n Printing.  illustrated by Feliks Topolski over 100 drawings!

SOME GENERAL INFO ABOUT Pygmalion (play)

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.

Pygmalion

Illustration depicting Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle

Written byGeorge Bernard Shaw

Characters

Professor Henry Higgins

Colonel Pickering

Eliza Doolittle

Alfred Doolittle

Mrs. Pearce

Mrs. Higgins

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill

Clara Eynsford-Hill

Freddy Eynsford-Hill

Date premiered16 October 1913Place premieredHofburg Theatre in Vienna, AustriaGenreromantic comedy, social criticismSettingLondon, England

In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights, including one of Shaw's influences, W. S. Gilbert, who wrote a successful play based on the story called Pygmalion and Galatea that was first presented in 1871. Shaw would also have been familiar with Adonis (musical) and the burlesque version, Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed. Shaw's play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1938 film Pygmalion, the 1956 musical My Fair Lady and its 1964 film version.

Shaw mentioned that the character of Professor Henry Higgins was inspired by several British professors of phonetics: Alexander Melville Bell, Alexander J. Ellis, Tito Pagliardini, but above all, the cantankerous Henry Sweet.[1]

^^ via Wikipedia.

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