speech and social status

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 the text to George Bernard Shaw's classic play "Pygmalion" about a professor of languages who sets out to transform a Cockney girl into a sophisticated lady, and contains explanatory and textual notes, chronology and background information on the author, and a critical analysis of Shaw's work.

A Victorian dialect expert bets that he can teach a lower-class girl to speak proper English and thus be taken for a lady.

A play about Eliza Doolittle, an untutored flower girl who is transformed into a "duchess" with the help of Henry Higgins.

The story of a speech therapist who successfully converts an untutored flower girl into a darling of high society.

Tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who bets his friend Colonel Pickering, that he can pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a society lady.

Presents a full-cast performance of the classic story in which the life of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle is forever changed when a professor of phonetics bets that he can transform her into a society lady.

Henry Higgins attempts to turn Eliza Doolittle, a poor, young beggar, into a lady of society by teaching her proper language skills and better manners.