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Pygmalion
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bookshelves: 2016-book-challenge, plays-theater, rated-books, reviewed-books
Dec 16, 2015
bookshelves: 2016-book-challenge, plays-theater, rated-books, reviewed-books
My vision of Eliza Doolittle will always be Audrey Hepburn from the 1964 movie My Fair Lady. But eight years earlier (1956) Julie Andrews nailed her portrayal of Eliza in the Broadway production of the musical. Of course both of these award winning productions were based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. In the first London stage production Eliza was performed by Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Shaw having written it with her in mind because of their unrequited love affair. I enjoyed reading the play; the characters so remarkably unique, and Shaw takes a slap at the British class conscious society, and especially it's impact on women.
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