A brief introduction to Pygmalion and G. Bernard Shaw

2. Play
Playwright
Theatre Actress
Actor
Perform
Stage
Lights Audience

3.  A play is a form of literature written by a
playwright, usually consisting of dialogue
between characters, intended for
theatrical performance rather than just
reading.
Playwright / writer/ autho
Acts & scenes
Title

4.  26 July 1856- 2 November 1950.
 Born in Dublin, Ireland.
 His father is a grain merchant and a civil servant.
 His mother is a professional singer.
 He has got two sisters.
 Education: Wesley Colleague Grammar School and Dublin
English Scientific and Commercial Day School.
 He works as a clerk at the age of 16
 He goes to London at the age of 20
 He becomes a member of Fabian Society. (a middle class
socialist group)
 He marries Charlotte Payne-Townshend in 1898. No
children. He has other relationships but never divorces.

5.  He works as a writer , a critic and a journalist.
 He writes about parents – children relationships.
 He writes about progressive arts, literature and
politics.
 He works as an art and literature critic.
 He writes experimental theatre specializing in
new and progressive drama
 He is very active in the Fabian Society, in city
government (as a vestryman for the London
borough of St. Pancras), and in committees
dedicated to ending dramatic censorship and
to establishing a subsidized National Theatre.

7. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of
phonetics.
Higgins makes a bet with his friend Colonel
Pickering that he can take a Cockney flower
girl, Eliza Doolittle, to a rich actor’s party and
pass her off as a refined society lady.
Higgins teaches her how to speak with an upper
class accent and trains her in etiquette.
Eliza wants to sing in a musical and after his
teaching, she is very successful.
Higgins wins the bet. But what happens to Eliza?

8.  Henry Higgins
 Colonel Pickering
 Eliza Doolittle
 Mrs Pearce

10.  Write a description of Eliza Doolittle.
( Before and After her transformation )
 Write a full description of the other three
main characters in the play.
 Remember to follow the 5 steps to
describe a person.
 Check and correct before handing in.
 Enjoy the play

11.  Before  After

12.  Write your opinion about the play: the
story, the characters, the costumes, the
stage design, the songs, the
performance..
 Your level of listening comprehension.
 Your recommendations & suggestions

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