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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.
Pygmalion is the most influential dramatic work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, other than his opera Le devin du village. Though now rarely performed, it was one of the first ever melodramas (that is, a play consisting of pantomime gestures and the spoken word, both with a musical accompaniment).
The Fascinating Foundling (play) 1928: 1926 1909: Misalliance (play) 1910: 1914; rev. 1930 1910: Socialism and superior brains: a reply to Mr. Mallock (Fabian tract 146) 1926 [4] 1910: The Dark Lady of the Sonnets (play) 1910: 1914 1910–11: Fanny's First Play (play) 1911: 1914; 1912: Androcles and the Lion (play) 1913: 1916 1912: Overruled ...
Androcles and the Lion (1912), which Shaw began writing as a play for children, became a study of the nature of religion and how to put Christian precepts into practice. [238] Pygmalion (1912) is a Shavian study of language and speech and their importance in society and in personal relationships. To correct the impression left by the original ...
My Fair Lady is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe.The story, based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion and on the 1938 film adaptation of the play, concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady.
Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts based on the Pygmalion story. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 9 December 1871 and ran for a very successful 184 performances. [ 1 ]
Pygmalion is a 1948 British TV production of the 1913 play by George Bernard Shaw. It was the first time the play was done for television and was the longest production done by the BBC to that time. [1] It starred Margaret Lockwood who was under suspension by the Rank Organisation at the time for refusing a film role. [2] [3]
The First Night of Pygmalion is a play by Richard Huggett, first performed in 1968. [1] It depicts backstage events during the first British production of George Bernard Shaw 's play Pygmalion . It depicts the backstage tensions between Shaw, Mrs Patrick Campbell who played Eliza Doolitle, and Herbert Beerbohm Tree who played Professor Higgins ...