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Pygmalion
- Author
- George Bernard Shaw
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2002
- Run Time
- 2 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Plays, playscripts
What to expect
Critics Review
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Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award Probably Shaw’s most endearing play and the basis (and libretto) for My Fair Lady, this witty comedy concerns an expert linguist who, on a bet, seeks to pass off a flower girl as a duchess. Naxos’s production wisely incorporates a narrator who sets the scene with Shaw’s own stage directions, as he expanded them for publication. Under John Tydeman’s confident direction, the excellent cast fully realizes the intelligent humor and persuasive characterizations of the text. My favorite is Geoffrey Palmer as Colonel Pickering, foil and sidekick of Henry Higgins. Perhaps Anton Lesser’s voice is a bit flimsy for the overbearing professor, but not so his acting. His Eliza, Lucy Whybrow, could be less irritating and more sympathetic. But otherwise, the ensemble provides a splendidly satisfying rendition.
Y.R., AudioFile
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Details
- Author
- George Bernard Shaw
- Narrator
- Anton Lesser, Lucy Whybrow, Geoffrey Palmer, Hannah Gordon, David Burke, Kate Binchy, Frances Jeater, Charlie Simpson, Fritha Goodey, Daniel Philpott, Ben Warwick, Denys Hawthorne
- Duration
- 2 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2002
- ISBN
- 9789629546984
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Plays, playscripts
Synopsis
Pygmalion remains one of the most popular stories – but mainly in the medium of the musical; the evergreen My Fair Lady. But much of the charm and wit comes from the words and timing in Shaw’s original play. Here are the characters of Professor Higgins, his friend Colonel Pickering, and their charge, Eliza Doolittle. Directed by John Tydeman, this delightful comedy is presented in its original play version, with the extended narrations setting the background and concluding the drama – a device perfectly suited to Audiobook.
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