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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 822 EAN: 9781580811859 Edition: Unabridged Format: Unabridged ISBN: 158081185X Label: L.A. Theatre Works Manufacturer: L.A. Theatre Works Number Of Items: 2 Publication Date: December 30, 2000 Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works Studio: L.A. Theatre Works Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The distinguished yet misanthropic and perhaps misogynistic linguist Henry Higgins teaches a common flower girl to speak and act like a lady and, to his own great surprise, falls in love with her. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Higgins: "Oh, I can't be bothered with young women....Besides, theyre all idiots."Oh my! I love it! G.B. Shaw's character Henry Higgins is disdainful, petulant and impetuous. Simultaneously he's admirable and even a man to be envied! Disdainful because of his complete lack of proper manners, total lack of tact and disgraceful way in which he devalues a young woman for his professional experiments; enviable because in his lack of tact he pretty much says whatever's on his mind, not being burdened with what might be better left unsaid; what is socially acceptable. And honestly, ... Read More Rating: - A Quick ClassicThis was a quick classic read. Although Higgins and Eliza are stubborn and often unsavory, the book had its redeeming qualities. I loved the calm patience of Mrs. Higgins and the complementary Pickering. It's a good story that's been re-told through the years because of its timeless theme of redemption, forgiveness, and even a spot of romance (sexual tension, anyone?). My favorite line was from the afterward: "[Eliza] has even secret mischievous moments in which she whishes she could get [Henry] ... Read More Rating:  - radio performanceThis is not the complete play--which is important to note if you were thinking of using it in the classroom. If you just want to listen to a pretty good (albeit incomplete misrepresantation) version of Shaw's play, it's good for a drive in the country. Rating:  - Just OkayThe play was relatively entertaining and has a promising beginning, but Higgins' infuriating and incesant bullying doesn't change, and quickly becomes tiresome. You keep expecting the characters to evolve, to grow into something better, or at least different, and none of them really do. Doolittle is still lazy, Pickering always the gentlemen, and most frustratingly, Eliza and Henry are never truly able to understand one another. In the beginning I was an immediate fan, but as the story continued I grew ... Read More Rating: - PygmalionThe book for great, daughter needed it for school. Shipping needs work I paid for next day air DIDN'T get it for 3 business days. Not Happy with that. Debbie Tsikuris 
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