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Signet classic volume CE2477
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The enduring tale of the brilliant mind of a mortal man--and the soul he sells to the devil--is now available in this new edition that includes a revised introduction, a history of the play on stage, and an updated bibliography by editor Sylvan Barnet of Tufts University. Also includes commentaries by Richard B. Sewall, G.K. Hunter, David Benington, and John Russell Brown. (Plays/Drama).
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This Applause edtiion allows the reader and student to look beyond the scholarly reading text to the more sensuous, more collaborative, more malleable performance text which emerges in conjunction with the commentary and notes. Readers and students are faced with real theatrical choices in each speech as the editors point out the challenges and opportunities to the actor and director at each juncture. Readers will not only discover an enlivened Shakespeare,...
3) Pygmalion
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One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion is based on ancient Greek mythology. Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life. The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights.
Shaw's updated and revised version of this ancient Greek legend was first presented in England in 1914. Poking fun of the antiquated British class system, it introduces Henry Higgins, a professor...
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