Ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-oo! The exceptional linguist Professor Henry Higgins meets the gentleman Colonel Pickering, and they whimsically embark on a crazy bet to pass off Eliza, a low-class street flower girl, as a respectable royal lady of high society. Little do they know, Eliza has a few talents of her own.Overall, *Pygmalion* was enjoyable, although with some reservations. By far, the best parts of the play were Eliza and the wildly eccentric Alfred Doolittle. They brought light and laughter whenev...

**Pygmalion** is a verbose, satirical, romantic play, spread across 5 Acts, with no scenes! **The play opens with the following introductory lines:**“It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.”I disagree with the above lines, as I am lucky to have great English friends, who definitely don’t despise me, but help me to become a better ve...

I buddy-read this with my amazing new friend Elinor, and we both had an absolute blast reading it! And if you're going into it thinking you're in for just a pleasant rerun of *My Fair Lady* – because the musical *is* based on this play – THINK AGAIN. You know, a wonderful author who's a little younger than me, and who shares my constant challenge of Asperger’s Syndrome – her name is Anita Lesko – has written a self-study called *When Life Hands You Lemons, Make Lemonade*... Well, that’s exact...

Pygmalion: def. n. A sculptor in Greek mythology who created a sculpture so beautiful that he fell in love with her.In this version of the age-old story, Henry Higgins, a professor of linguistics, snatches a flower girl off the street to teach her proper diction and middle-class manners. After befriending Colonel Pickering, they bet that by the end of the lessons, the flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, will be just as well-mannered as a duchess.Higgins: I’m an eccentric professor of linguistics. And ...

3.5 stars"… you have no idea how frightfully interesting it is to take a human being and change her into a quite different human being by creating a new speech for her. It's filling up the deepest gulf that separates class from class and soul from soul."Even if you aren't already familiar with George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion, I’m sure you’re likely acquainted with either the on-stage musical version or movie adaptation titled My Fair Lady. I have fond memories of my high school’s productio...

Re-posting this in honor of George Bernard Shaw's birthday, July 26th. I'm writing this review to honor my grandmother, who recently passed away. I lost count of how many times we listened to the *My Fair Lady* soundtrack, whether in her car, her apartment, or my house growing up. To me, Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins, and Colonel Pickering are as much the actors who played them as they are the memories I created with my grandmother and great aunt while watching the movie or listening to its tim...

A lot of my recent reading seems to revolve around the fascinating relationship between art and artist, creator and creation. Reading other reviews of "Pygmalion", I realize how strange my approach was, and why I was initially disappointed because my expectations weren't met. I chose it as part of a reading challenge I set myself a few years ago – to read all Nobel Laureates in literature. The title appealed to me, and I was excited to explore a modernist's take on the ancient myth of Pygmalion...

In Greek mythology, Pygmalion is the sculptor who carves a statue, Galatea, from ivory. He falls in love with his creation and prays to Aphrodite to bring her to life. The goddess grants his wish, and sculptor and creation marry, gifting the world a rare happily-ever-after. George Bernard Shaw's take in *Pygmalion* is about Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who recreates a woman of the streets, transforming her into an elegant and refined beauty. However, Eliza develops her own mind and leaves ...

This is a blast to read aloud, putting on ridiculous English accents while you prance around your flat. Your neighbors might hate you for it, but who cares? If you are looking for funny book reviews, then you need to read George Bernard Shaw's *Pygmalion*.

\"Eliza has no use for the foolish romantic tradition that all women love to be mastered, if not actually bullied and beaten,\"¹ says G.B. Shaw in the afterword to his famous play.¹By the way, I think this quote should be memorized and repeated on the daily basis by contemporary authors, especially in the YA genre, who attempt to create female characters. Really. Maybe I can start a campaign encouraging authors' awareness of this quote. Hmmmm...This was one of the first plays I've ever read, and...