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Pygmalion : a romance in five acts : definitive text / Bernard Shaw ; edited by L.W. Conolly.
- Title
- Pygmalion : a romance in five acts : definitive text / Bernard Shaw ; edited by L.W. Conolly.
- Author
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
- Publication
- London : Methuen Drama, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PR5363 .P8 2008 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Conolly, L. W. (Leonard W.)
- Found In
- (UkYoU)001439577YOR01 New Mermaids series /.
- Description
- liv, 154 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-particularly Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle-have become household names. The fame of Pygmalion has been both enhanced and undermined by the musical adaptation My Fair Lady. This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by the Shaw Estate and international Shaw expert, Len Connolly. Students will find a wealth of information to guide their studies: an extended introduction exploring theatrical and historical context, critical reactions to Pygmalion, background on the author, stage history and character analysis. It also includes Shaw's original Preface, the Pygmalion and Galatea myth (Ovid) and Shaw's rehearsal notes for the 1914 premiere. The play itself contains numerous notes and explanations throughout to aid the student's understanding. -- Publisher description.
- Series Statement
- New mermaids
- Uniform Title
- New mermaids (London, England)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Drama
- Théâtre.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Bernard Shaw: A Chronology -- Genesis and Composition of Pygmalion -- Opening Night, 11 April 1914 -- Ending(s) of Pygmalion -- Which Pygmalion? -- Sources and Influences -- 'Intensely and Deliberately Didactic' Play -- Shaw's Nora -- Pygmalion-Higgins -- 'Undeserving Poor' -- and Rich -- Stage History of Pygmalion -- Note on the Text -- Note on Places and Money in Pygmalion -- Pygmalion -- Persons of the Play -- Scenes of the Play -- Note for Technicians -- Text -- Sequel -- Appendix I. Discarded Scenes -- Appendix II. Censor's Report on Pygmalion -- Appendix III. Endings of Pygmalion.
- ISBN
- 9780713679977
- 0713679972
- LCCN
- 2008428862
- OCLC
- 190777250
- SCSB-12890996
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library