"Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw is a play that dives into social class and change, following Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl with a thick accent, as she tries to climb the social ladder by improving her speech and behavior; A phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, starts the whole thing when he bets he can teach Eliza to speak like royalty, their first meeting in Covent Garden during a rainstorm shows off the different social classes and sets the tone for Eliza's journey from street vendor to something more.
Pygmalion
By Bernard Shaw
A poor flower girl risks everything when she agrees to be a professor's experiment, hoping to rise above her station by learning to speak like a lady.
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About the AuthorGeorge Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as 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 in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
George Bernard Shaw, known at his insistence as 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 in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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