Pygmalion, by Bernard Shaw 7.8
Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts, by Bernard Shaw (1912)Summary: Basically the same as that of "My Fair Lady," the movie adaptation also written by Bernard Shaw. Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle is picked up as a project by phonetics researcher Henry Higgins and his financial supporter Colonel Pickering. Higgins intends to train her to speak as the nobility does and pass her off as a duchess in six months as a testament to his abilities; Eliza agrees because she dreams of owning her own flower shop, something only "ladies" can do.
Comments: As a dramatist, Bernard Shaw is kind of unusual in his highly specific stage directions that cannot easily be acted on stage; in that sense the experience of reading his plays differs significantly from the watching. The dialogue doesn't have the bite of Man and Superman, but as a story the play is more fluid and significantly less bizarre. The ending, which takes place in an extended, chatty epilogue, is different from the one I remembered from the movie.
Verdict: 7.8/10.0 Not his best, but still very entertaining.
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