{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after a Greek mythological figure. It was first presented on stage to the public in 1913.\r\n\r\n----------\t\t\r\nAlso contained in:\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\r\n - [Collected Plays with their Prefaces: Volume IV](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24714049W)\r\n - [Complete Plays with Prefaces: Volume I](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15835450W)\t\t\r\n - [Four Plays by Bernard Shaw][1]\t\t\r\n - [Plays](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15241070W/The_Complete_Plays_of_Bernard_Shaw)\t\t\r\n - [Portable Bernard Shaw](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1066402W/The_Portable_Bernard_Shaw)\t\t\r\n - [Pygmalion and Major Barbara][2]\t\t\r\n - [Pygmalion and My Fair Lady][3]\t\t\r\n - [Pygmalion and Related Readings][4]\r\n - [Pygmalion and Three Other Plays](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15013904W)\r\n - [Pygmalion with Connections](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1066164W/Pygmalion_with_Connections)\t\t\r\n - [Selected Plays](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15241059W)\t\t\r\n - [Selected Plays with Prefaces](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20644026W)\t\t\r\n - [Six Plays](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17986328W)\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\r\n[1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1066032W/Four_Plays_by_Bernard_Shaw\t\t\r\n[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1066354W/Pygmalion_Major_Barbara\t\t\r\n[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15013928W/Pygmalion_My_Fair_Lady\t\t\r\n[4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8049503W/Pygmalion_and_Related_Readings"}, "links": [{"title": "Pygmalion (play) - Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(play)", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"url": "https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pygmalion/", "title": "SparkNotes: Pygmalion", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "Pygmalion | play by Shaw | Britannica.com", "url": "https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pygmalion-play-by-Shaw", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}, {"title": "How Pygmalion went from feminist manifesto to chick flick (pri.org)", "url": "https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-09/how-pygmalion-went-feminist-manifesto-chick-flick", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "title": "Pygmalion", "covers": [9267223, 10105103, 10710338, 10885150, 12622029], "subject_places": ["London", "England"], "subjects": ["Drama", "Flower vending", "Linguistics teachers", "Social classes", "Speech and social status", "Man-woman relationships", "open_syllabus_project", "German", "Dictionaries", "English language", "British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)", "Comedies", "Speech and social status -- Drama", "London (England) -- Drama", "Linguistics teachers -- Drama", "Social classes -- Drama", "Flower vending -- Drama"], "subject_people": ["Pygmalion", "Galatea", "Henry Higgins", "Eliza Doolittle", "Colonel Pickering", "Alfred Doolittle", "Mrs. Higgins", "Freddy Eynsford Hill"], "key": "/works/OL1066524W", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL107911A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "subject_times": ["1912"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "excerpts": [{"excerpt": "As will be seen later on, Pygmalion needs, not a preface, but a sequel, which I have supplied in its due place.", "author": {"key": "/people/seabelis"}, "comment": "First sentence."}], "latest_revision": 64, "revision": 64, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-09T20:21:11.441893"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2024-04-08T13:34:52.158434"}}