New mermaids

Contains George Bernard Shaw's play in which Henry Higgins attempts to turn Eliza Doolittle, a poor, young beggar, into a lady of society by teaching her proper language skills and manners; and includes a critical introduction, a biography of the author, discussions of dates and sources, and other reference information.

Presents an annotated edition of the nineteenth-century comedy of mixed identity about a man who, as a child, was absentmindedly placed in a handbag and left at the railroad station; and includes modern spelling, a critical introduction, a biography of author Oscar Wilde, and other reference information.

Presents the script of the sixteenth-century drama about scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for knowledge and power, with an introduction to the play, its stage history, textual problems, and historical and cultural context.