Pygmalion (Penguin Classics)
Description
Shaw's brilliantly witty exposure of the British class system Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle'an east-end dona with an apron and three orange and red ostrich feathers'for Mrs Patrick Campbell, with whom he had a passionate but unconsummated affair. From the outset the play was a sensational success, although Shaw, irritated by its popularity at the expense of his artistic intentions, dismissed it as a potboiler. The Pygmalion of legend falls in love with his perfect female statue and persuades Venus to bring her to life so that he can marry her. But Sha...
ISBN(s)
0141439505, 9780141439501
