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A new version of this classic starring Stephen Fry. A chance encounter leads to flower girl Eliza Dootlittle undergoing a life changing transformation.

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.

Irascible phonetics professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can train Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle to talk ‘like a lady’ and pass as a duchess at the Ambassador’s Ball. As the day of reckoning approaches, can Eliza convince the assembled aristocrats that she’s one of them? And what will become of her afterwards? This effervescent radio version of Shaw’s classic comedy features a stellar cast, including award-winning comedians Alistair McGowan as Henry Higgins, Morgana Robinson as Eliza Doolittle and Al Murray as Alfred Doolittle.

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw is the fascinating tale of Henry Higgins, a professor of speech and phonetics who takes on the task of teaching Eliza Doolittle, a lower-class flower seller, how to "act like a lady".

In the Greek legend, a sculptor, Pygmalion, created a statue of a woman so beautiful that he fell in love with it. Later the goddess Aphrodite responded to his earnest prayers and brought the statue, named Galatea, to life. Shaw's Pygmalion is a fussy unmarried professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins, who claims that he could train an uneducated person off the street to speak so that he or she could pass as a member of the aristocracy. His Galatea is Eliza Doolittle, who sells flowers at Covent Garden and whose father is a dissipated but cunning vagrant.

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure. In 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 play has been adapted numerous times, most notably as the 1938 film Pygmalion, the 1956 musical My Fair Lady and its 1964 film version.

Simon Cadell stars as Henry Higgins with Imelda Staunton as Eliza Doolittle in this BBC Radio 4 production of Shaw’s famous play. When phonetics tutor and linguist Henry Higgins meets Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, he makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can teach her to speak so well that she will be able to pass herself off as a Duchess at a society ball.

"One of Shaw's most enduring works, Pygmalion is an insightful comedy of class relations and perceptions, as played out between a Cockney flower girl and the irascible speech professor who has taken her on as a pet project.

A Cockney flower girl is transformed into a charming woman of the world by a professor of phonetics. This is the play that was later to be adapted as the musical, My Fair Lady.

Henry Higgins, a phonetician, agrees to coach and groom Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl and transform her into a socially acceptable person, no less than a duchess - in just six months! Timeless themes of equality and social class are explored in a lighthearted, comical manner, raising many questions such as: Can Eliza "I'm a good girl I am!" live up to their expectations? What will become of her afterwards?

Julia, a hip, downtown salesgirl at Pelham's jewelry store, finds her social life turned on its head when she is asked to deliver a necklace to the store's young heiress, Lell Pelham, on Lell's wedding day. Beguiled by Julia's earnest cluelessness and her vintage-chic vibe, Lell and her gang adopt Julia, and "Eliza Doolittle" her into passing as the heiress to a family fortune, just for a laugh.

This collection contains the following works: Euripides: Medea Sophocles: Antigone Aeschylus: Agamemnon Aeschylus: Eumenides Aeschylus: The Choephori William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of Macbeth, William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare: The Tragedy of King Lear, William Shakespeare: Antony and Cleopatra.

Jon, an enamored medicine resident, thinks he found the one, an exemplary internist named Sara. But when she mysteriously disappears following the death of a high ranking official at their hospital, it calls everything into question. As the death is ruled a homicide, Jon finds himself searching not only for his lost love, but for answers. He soon uncovers a chilling truth about an experimental technology system at their hospital, one he believes is to blame for the patient's murder.

Aus einer Laune und aus beruflichem Frust heraus willigt der berühmte Imageberater und Frauenhasser Henrik Henriksen ein, seine Küchenhilfe Lisa zu coachen und aus ihr eine begehrenswerte Frau von Welt zu machen, der alle Männer künftig zu Füßen liegen sollen. Als Gegenleistung dafür muss sie ein Wochenende lang Henriks erfundene Verlobte spielen und dessen boshafte Erbtante davon überzeugen, ihr Testament zu Henriks Gunsten zu ändern.

Entdecken Sie eine der visionärsten Science-Fiction-Geschichten des 20. Jahrhunderts in einer neuen, fesselnden Übersetzung: "Pygmalions Brille" von Stanley G. Weinbaum, gelesen von Benjamin Werner. In dieser packenden Erzählung aus dem Jahr 1935 entführt uns Weinbaum in eine Welt, die ihrer Zeit weit voraus war. Der brillante Erfinder Professor Albert Ludwig präsentiert dem Protagonisten ein revolutionäres Gerät: eine Brille, die den Träger in eine täuschend echte, virtuelle Realität versetzt.

The play begins on a summer evening at Covent Garden in London. Suddenly, pouring torrential rain, takes pedestrians by surprise, forcing them to take refuge under the portal of the Cathedral of St. Paul. Among them are phonetics professor Henry Higgins and a researcher of Indian dialects, Colonel Pickering, who came specially from India to see the professor. The encounter delights them both.

En 'El efecto Pigmalión: cómo transformar las expectativas en realidad', descubrirás el fascinante mundo donde la ciencia se encuentra con el poder de la mente humana. Este libro no es sólo otro manual de autoayuda; es una guía práctica y entretenida de psicología para dominar el arte de transformar personas comunes en versiones extraordinarias de sí mismas.

Julia, a hip, downtown salesgirl at Pelham's jewelry store, finds her social life turned on its head when she is asked to deliver a necklace to the store's young heiress, Lell Pelham, on Lell's wedding day. Beguiled by Julia's earnest cluelessness and her vintage-chic vibe, Lell and her gang adopt Julia, and "Eliza Doolittle" her into passing as the heiress to a family fortune, just for a laugh.

In einem verwunschen wirkenden Garten erblickt der junge Edelmann Florio die Marmorstatue einer schönen Frau und kann ihr Gesicht nicht mehr vergessen. Als er dann plötzlich eine Dame kennen lernt, die der Statue wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist, verliebt er sich in sie und lebt dafür, sie wiederzusehen. Doch als er ihr in ihren Garten folgt, scheint hinter dem, was er sieht, noch eine zweite Wirklichkeit zu liegen, die seine Liebe bedroht.