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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
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Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts Paperback - 2008

by Bernard Shaw; Leonard Conolly (Editor)

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From the publisher

Not bloody likely'

Ever since Pygmalion opened in London in April 1914 it has proved a very controversial play, from the (then) shocking language, to arguments about its correct ending. Critical interpretations have been similarly disputatious, encompassing views of the transformation of the impoverished Eliza Doolittle by phonetics expert Henry Higgins as either a story of economic and social liberation, or an example of the perpetuation of male control and self-interest. With subsequent film and musical adaptations and many stage revivals, Pygmalion remains one of Shaw's most engaging, provocative, and accessible plays.

This new edition of Pygmalion includes Shaw's definitive text, with both Preface and Sequel, and provides the most comprehensive scholarly treatment of the play to date, containing:

- a substantial introduction with biographical information on Shaw

- detailed discussion of the genesis and sources of the play

- varying interpretations, and a lengthy international stage history.

- textual notes on each page explaining language, allusions, and staging

- Appendices with Shaw's discarded scenes for the play, the British Censor's 1914 report, and texts of all stage and film endings of Pygmalion.

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  • Title Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts
  • Author Bernard Shaw; Leonard Conolly (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Methuen Drama, USA
  • Publication date 2008-05-30
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780713679977 / 0713679972
  • Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 5 x 0.6 in (19.30 x 12.70 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category Children's Books/All Ages
  • Library of Congress subjects London (England), Social classes
  • Dewey Decimal Code 822

About the author

L. W. Conolly is a leading authority on Shaw. He is Literary Advisor to the Shaw Estate, Vice-President of the International Shaw Society, a Corresponding Scholar of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, and the author and editor of numerous essays and books on Shaw. Professor of English Literature at Trent University in Ontario, Dr Conolly is also a Senior Member of Robinson College, Cambridge, and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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