George Bernard Shaw monologues
Shaw — sharp intellect and strong characters; Pygmalion is great modern material, especially for women.
3 monologues
Eliza Doolittle
Pygmalion · George Bernard Shaw
«And I can be civil and kind to people, which is more than you can. Aha! That's done you, Henry Higgins, it…»
Finding her own voice and dignity against Higgins: strength, hurt and liberation.
Alfred Doolittle
Pygmalion · George Bernard Shaw
«Don’t say that, Governor. Don’t look at it that way. What am I, Governors both? I ask you, what am I? I’m one…»
A dazzling comic sophist's set-piece on the “undeserving poor” — play the charm and cheeky logic of a born chancer.
Henry Higgins
Pygmalion · George Bernard Shaw
«Well, I haven’t. I find that the moment I let a woman make friends with me, she becomes jealous, exacting,…»
The self-satisfied bachelor-reasoner on women — dry wit, self-irony, crisp epigrammatic rhythm.