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    Pygmalion
    Pygmalion
    Pygmalion
    Audiobook2 hours

    Pygmalion

    Written by George Bernard Shaw

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and Doolittle grow close, but she ultimately rejects his domineering ways and declares she will marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill – a young, poor, gentleman. - The play was later the basis for the successful movie adaptation "My Fair Lady" with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza and Rex Harrison as Prof. Higgins. (Summary by Wikipedia/Gesine)

    Cast list:
    Narrator – Kirsten Ferreri & Mary Anderson
    The Daughter / Miss Clara Eynsford Hill – Susie G.
    The Mother / Mrs Eynsford Hill – Gesine
    A Bystander – Peter Yearsley
    Freddy Eynsford Hill – ianish
    The Flower Girl / Liza Doolittle – Kristin Hughes
    A Gentleman / Captain Pickering – Martin Clifton
    The Note Taker / Professor Henry Higgins – Alex Foster
    A Sarcastic Bystander – Peter Yearsley
    Mrs Pearce – Christiane Levesque
    Alfred Doolittle – David Barnes
    Mrs Higgins – Larysa Jaworski
    Parlour-Maid – Linda Wilcox
    Director/File editor – David Lawrence
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Author

    George Bernard Shaw

    George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was born into a lower-class family in Dublin, Ireland. During his childhood, he developed a love for the arts, especially music and literature. As a young man, he moved to London and found occasional work as a ghostwriter and pianist. Yet, his early literary career was littered with constant rejection. It wasn’t until 1885 that he’d find steady work as a journalist. He continued writing plays and had his first commercial success with Arms and the Man in 1894. This opened the door for other notable works like The Doctor's Dilemma and Caesar and Cleopatra.

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