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Pygmalion

By: George Bernard Shaw
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  • Summary

  • One of George Bernard Shaw's best known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and New York stages which also became an entertaining motion picture and a great hit with its musical version, My Fair Lady.

    In this Audible Original dramatisation Stephen Fry stars as phonetics expert Professor Henry Higgins who takes on a bet that in a matter of months he can transform cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle, played by Daisy Edgar Jones, into a woman as poised and well-spoken as a duchess. 

    Shaw’s tale of love and the class system is performed by Tia Bannon, Tallulah Bond, Joanna David Daisy Edgar-Jones, Stephen Fry, Tom Glenister, Celia Imrie, Sir Derek Jacobi and Timothy Spall.

    This original podcast is 1 episode in total.
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  • Ep. 1: Pygmalion

    Ep. 1: Pygmalion
    May 24 2021

    A new version of this classic starring Stephen Fry. 

    A chance encounter leads to flower girl Eliza Dootlittle undergoing a life changing transformation. 
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    2 hrs and 38 mins
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Listening to this again, and understanding where I have come from and where I was brought by education and transplantation, I understand that I am Eliza. I cannot go back. I cannot go forward. There is really no place for me. I feel for this character and I want to watch Mr. Shaw was trying to say in this amazing book. – – Dr. Hurst

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Bravo!

Outstanding rendition! It's been decades since I read the actual play and I've forgotten how very clever and funny it is. Mr. Dolittle is to die for! So refreshing to dip into Shaw's crisp cynical prose without the Hollywood trappings of which he makes such fun before ever having lived to see the corrupted version (sorry, all the MFL fans!)

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Brilliantly Done

Wonderful, accessible performance; thankyou to all involved. The fifteen-word minimum for a review is silly; wonderful, accessible performance; thankyou to all involved.

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meh

good narration. the pace was too slow for me. the ending dragged on and on without any point

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Love this story!

I loved the movie first when I was a wee one. I’ve never seen it on stage but would absolutely love to do so. This is a grand second option.

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A revamped narration of an old classic

Fantastic production and performance by all; Stephen Fry is a joy to listen to. I would list in the description narrators and parts they narrate. I hope Audible will continue producing these originals.

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loved the new (to me) ending.

well done!
Prof Higgins was maddeningly superb of course.
Col. Pickering was courtly and suave and adorable.
Eliza was extremely believable and likeable.
I liked this production as well as My Fair Lady with Audrey Hepburn, and that movie is one of my favorites!

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Lovely cast

Very well performed and gave a fresh perspective to a well-known story. I enjoyed it.

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Brilliant

This is the best version of pig Mayleon that you were going to find an audible. Stephen Fry is brilliant as usual. I really liked all of the cast in this one. I hope there are more of these.

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Stephen Fry Was Magnificent

What can I say but.....it's STEPHEN FRY! One if the greatest narrators gives this new adaptation such life, humor and imagination, one will listen over and over again.

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