Pygmalion by George Shaw
Shaw "the second greatest English playwright, behind only Shakespeare"
Title- Shaw called Pygmalion a potboiler and subtitled it "A Romance." Thus the play's main thematic concern is romantic in the literary use of the term. It is a play that has a highly improbable plot. Professor Henry Higgins transforms a common flower girl into a graceful lady, like the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion carved an exquisite female statue out of a shapeless piece of ivory.
Preface- Of all of Shaw's plays, Pygmalion is without the doubt the most beloved and popularly received…
