Pygmalion (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- First Published: 1912
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: c. 1900
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Henry Higgins, Eliza Doolittle, Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Mrs. Pearce, Freddy Eynsford Hill
- Genres: Drama, Problem play, Comedy
- Subjects: Language or languages, Class conflict, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Class consciousness, England or English people, Lower classes, London, Grammar
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
Late one evening in the Covent Garden theater district of London, playgoers were attempting to summon cab drivers in the rain when a crowd gathered around an unkempt young woman selling flowers. The flower girl had been speaking in a very strong Cockney dialect and a distinguished gentleman had been transcribing her speech into a notebook. The gentleman, Henry Higgins, was a professional phonetician, who earned a handsome income teaching people how to change their accents and pass as members of the upper class. Higgins amazed the crowd by using his analysis of their...
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