Pygmalion Classic Radio Theatre, Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion Classic Radio Theatre, Bernard Shaw
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Pygmalion (Classic Radio Theatre)

Author: Bernard Shaw

Narrator: Full Cast, Imelda Staunton, Simon Cadell

Unabridged: 1 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/09/2011

Synopsis

When phonetics tutor and linguist Henry Higgins meets Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, he makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can teach her to speak so well that she will be able to pass herself off as a Duchess at a society ball. Eliza agrees, seduced by promises of chocolates and taxi rides - but her transformation from caterpillar to butterfly will not be easy, and the process will take its toll on both Eliza and Higgins... Written in 1912, Pygmalion enjoyed instant success and was adapted as the hit musical My Fair Lady, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. Among the star cast in this 1986 adaptation are Simon Cadell, Imelda Staunton, Rachel Gurney and Edward Hardwicke.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Federico on June 21, 2023

Ah-ah-ah-ow-ow-oo! Exceptional linguist Professor Henry Higgins meets gentleman Colonel Pickering and they whimsically set on crazy bet to pass off Eliza, a low class street flower girl, as a respectable royal lady of the high society. Little do they know Eliza has a few talents of her own. This wa......more

Goodreads review by Dave on March 31, 2012

This is fun to read out loud in crazy English accents while stomping around your apartment. The neighbors might not like it but screw 'em.......more

Goodreads review by Meghhnaa on September 28, 2022

Pygmalion is a verbose, satirical, romantic play, distributed over 5 Acts, with no scenes! The play opens with the following preparatory lines- “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him. German and Spanish are accessible to foreigne......more

Goodreads review by Candi on May 03, 2019

3.5 stars "… you have no idea how frightfully interesting it is to take a human being and change her into a quite different human being by creating a new speech for her. It's filling up the deepest gulf that separates class from class and soul from soul." Even if you are not already familiar with Geor......more

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