Pygmalion and My Fair Lady (50th Anniversary Edition) - Brossura

Shaw, George Bernard; Lerner, Alan Jay

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ISBN 10: 0451530098 ISBN 13: 9780451530097

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

Riassunto

The ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride.

Centuries later, George Bernard Shaw captured the magic of this legend in his celebrated romantic play, Pygmalion. Pygmalion became Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, his statue an untutored flower girl from the streets of London, and the barrier between them the difference in their stations in life.

In My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner takes the legend one step further—the barrier is swept away and Higgins and Eliza are reunited as the curtain falls on one of the loveliest musical plays of our time—winning seven Tonys® for its original Broadway production, and seven Oscars® for its film adaptation.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0451530098
• ISBN 13: 9780451530097
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile