Pygmalion

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Pygmalion is a celebrated stage play by George Bernard Shaw that satirizes class distinctions through the transformation of a Cockney flower girl into a refined lady under the tutelage of a phonetics professor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
adaptedAs My Fair Lady ⓘ
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)

Pygmalion (1938 film) ⓘ
Pygmalion (television adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion

Pygmalion (various radio adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
author George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
basedOn Pygmalion (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion myth
centralConflict power dynamics between teacher and pupil ⓘ
tension between social class and individual identity ⓘ
character Alfred Doolittle ⓘ
linked to: Alfred P. Doolittle

Colonel Pickering ⓘ
Eliza Doolittle ⓘ
Freddy Eynsford-Hill ⓘ
Mrs. Higgins ⓘ
Professor Henry Higgins ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReputation widely regarded as one of George Bernard Shaw's most famous plays ⓘ
dramaticForm prose drama ⓘ
firstEnglishPerformanceDate 1914-04-11 ⓘ
firstEnglishPerformancePlace His Majesty's Theatre, London ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1913-04-11 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLanguage German ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Hofburg Theatre, Vienna ⓘ
linked to: Burgtheater, Vienna
genre comedy ⓘ
problem play ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
influenced 20th-century musical theatre ⓘ
representations of class and speech in drama ⓘ
inspiredBy Pygmalion (mythology) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion myth
intendedEffect satire of British class system ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Edwardian drama ⓘ
realism ⓘ
mainTheme class distinctions ⓘ
education and transformation ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
language and identity ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
notableAdaptation My Fair Lady (1964 film) ⓘ
linked to: My Fair Lady (film)

My Fair Lady (stage musical) ⓘ
plotSummary A phonetics professor transforms a Cockney flower girl into a woman who can pass as a duchess by teaching her refined speech and manners. ⓘ
publicationDate 1913 ⓘ
setting London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
structure five acts ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century ⓘ
writer George Bernard Shaw ⓘ

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George Bernard Shaw → notableWork → Pygmalion ⓘ
My Fair Lady (stage musical) → basedOn → Pygmalion ⓘ
subject linked to: My Fair Lady (film)
I Could Have Danced All Night → basedOn → Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw (indirectly, via My Fair Lady) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
She's All That → basedOn → Pygmalion ⓘ
Eliza → appearsInWork → Pygmalion ⓘ
Pygmalion (1938 film) → basedOn → Pygmalion (play) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
Eliza Doolittle → appearsIn → Pygmalion ⓘ
Eliza Doolittle → firstAppearance → Pygmalion (1913 play) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
Pygmalion → adaptedAs → Pygmalion (various radio adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
Pygmalion → adaptedAs → Pygmalion (television adaptations) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
Sybil Thorndike → notableWork → Pygmalion ⓘ
Wendy Hiller → notableWork → Pygmalion ⓘ
Selfie (TV series) → basedOn → Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
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Pinjra → basedOn → Pygmalion ⓘ
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Professor Henry Higgins → firstAppearance → Pygmalion (1913 play) ⓘ
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linked to: Pygmalion
Colonel Pickering → firstAppearance → Pygmalion (1913 play) ⓘ
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Alfred P. Doolittle → appearsIn → Pygmalion ⓘ
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Alfred P. Doolittle → firstAppearance → Pygmalion (1913 play) ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
Wouldn't It Be Loverly → basedOn → Pygmalion ⓘ
On the Street Where You Live → basedOn → Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
"I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" → basedOnWork → play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
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My Fair Lady → basedOn → Pygmalion ⓘ
subject linked to: Lerner and Loewe
He's All That → inspiredBy → Pygmalion ⓘ
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Mrs. Higgins → appearsIn → Pygmalion ⓘ
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Freddy Eynsford-Hill → appearsIn → Pygmalion ⓘ
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Freddy Eynsford-Hill → fictionalUniverse → Pygmalion universe ⓘ
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Isobel Elsom → notableWork → Pygmalion (stage production) ⓘ
subject linked to: Isabel Elsie Reed
linked to: Pygmalion
Pygmalion myth → hasLaterLiterarySource → George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion ⓘ
linked to: Pygmalion
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linked to: Pygmalion
Just You Wait → basedOn → Pygmalion ⓘ
Show Me → basedOnWork → Pygmalion ⓘ