Advantages: Interesting concept behind the plot Disadvantages: Slow paced
'''Author''': George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright born in 1856, and who died in 1950. Although he write music as well, he most enjoying writng plays, with the prupose of putting across a social message, and making it more memorable with the use of comedy, whilst doing so. Some of his plays addressed the issue of education, religion and government, however one topic he often considered was the exploitation of the working class. As a socialist, ... ...a British socialist movement, writing brochures and leaflets for them. He even married a fellow member of the Society, called Charlotte Payne-Townshend. He was an eloquent orator, and gave speeches on equal rights in politics for men and women, how to live healthy lifestyles, and condemning the attitudes of the rich towards the poor. This socialist attitude of Bernard Shaw influenced many of his writings, including Pygmalion, which has become a classic.
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Kulsum 20.06.2008
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Pygmalion both delighted and scandalized its first audiences in 1914. A brilliantly witty ... more
reworking of the classical tale of the sculptor Pygmalion who falls in love with his perfect female statue it is also a barbed attack on the British class syste...
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