Pygmalion
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Pygmalion
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Grace Garrett, Arielle Lipshaw, Jeff Moon, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
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.
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Pygmalion
- A Brand New BBC Radio 4 Drama Plus the Story of the Play's Scandalous Opening Night
- By: George Bernard Shaw, Alistair McGowan
- Narrated by: Al Murray, Alistair McGowan, full cast, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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writing is fine, ending leaves much to be desired
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatized)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,460
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- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Pygmalion
- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Grace Garrett, Arielle Lipshaw, Jeff Moon, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
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.
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Pygmalion
- A Brand New BBC Radio 4 Drama Plus the Story of the Play's Scandalous Opening Night
- By: George Bernard Shaw, Alistair McGowan
- Narrated by: Al Murray, Alistair McGowan, full cast, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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.
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4 out of 5 stars
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writing is fine, ending leaves much to be desired
- By EsP on 10-02-18
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dramatized)
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Charles Busch, Emily Bergl, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,671
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,463
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,460
This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, "that name which inspires absolute confidence". Wilde's effervescent wit, scathing social satire, and high farce make this one of the most cherished plays in the English language.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Delightfully silly
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- By: George Bernard Shaw
- Narrated by: Shirley Knight, Anne Heche, JoBeth Williams, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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5 out of 5 stars
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- Narrated by: Sean Barrett, David Burke, Terence Rigby, and others
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 568
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 414
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Story4 out of 5 stars 417
There is now no doubt that not only is Waiting for Godot the outstanding play of the 20th century, but it is also Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. Yet it is both a popular text to be studied at school and an enigma. The scene is a country road. There is a solitary tree. It is evening. Two tramp-like figures, Vladimir and Estragon, exchange words. Pull off boots. Munch a root vegetable. Two other curious characters enter. And a boy. Time passes. It is all strange yet familiar.
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The Joys of Existential and Spiritual Uncertainty
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- By: Edmond Rostand, Anthony Burgess - translator adaptor
- Narrated by: Gregory Itzin, Hamish Linklater, Jason Ritter, and others
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- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- Joseph
- 02-21-15
Great reader bring characters to life
A classic story of course. But what really brings it to life is the amazing job done by the reader to voice all of the characters. So many different accents in characters male and female seamlessly kept consistent in their roles.
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- Megan
- 08-26-18
Brings the Story to Life
As a play, this book is hard to read because you don't get to see the visuals as the writer originally intended. But, with the narration, you are able to understand how the characters feel and get a better sense of the tone. The audiobook allows you to connect with the story and characters. The play only gives dialogue and directions but not what the characters are thinking, with the audio you are better able to understand their feelings and overall it allows for a much greater experience than just reading the book on its own.