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SUMMARY:Pygmalion
DESCRIPTION:Florence McFarlane directed Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw in June 2015. \n\n2015 Pygmalion – G.B.Shaw24 photos\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n\n\nCheck out the marvellous video of our production of Pygmalion – thanks to Hayden Rogers.\nDirector’s Notes May 2015\n“Pygmalion” rehearsals are well under way with all scenes now covered. I’m working with a great cast committed to bringing this classic to today’s audience with all the freshness of its first showing in 1914.\nWhen GBS wrote the play travel was still the prerogative of the ‘well-to-do’ and thus Professor Higgins could place a person’s place of birth within a mile in London with the utmost confidence\, knowing that they lived and died without venturing any distance from their birthplace.\nAfter the 1914 – 1918 war people moved further afield and George Bernard Shaw would have had difficulty being quite so specific in writing of Higgins’ confident assessment of everyone’s origin by their speech alone.\nOur speech defines us even today; without thinking we categorise people by their speech. English\, being the most widely used language on the globe has the most variation of accent and speech patterns of any language. Therefore we\, born to it\, criticise other English speakers and take pride in our ability to ‘place’ a speaker in country or class.\nThe story as told then can be seen repeated today as migrants struggle to a achieve a decent standard of living in a new country handicapped by their background of ‘foreign’ speech.\nThe play is presented in its original setting of London just before the “Great War” when class was still paramount and your speech patterns and accent defined you for life.\nWhile the subject is serious “Pygmalion” is a comedy with a wealth of contrasting characters\, each with their foibles and prejudices striving to put their point across\, as I am in directing this great play. Thank you\, George Bernard Shaw. \nAlan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe spotted Shaw’s wonderful story\, turning it into their smash hit My Fair Lady. \n 
URL:https://bctt.org.nz/show/pygmalion/
CATEGORIES:Alice McFarlane,Beck Shepherd,Brittney Mackie,Charlotte McFarlane-Karl,Clementine Kircher,Florence McFarlane,G.B. Shaw,Gordon Parr,Hayden Rogers,Lachie McFarlane,Laurence Ward,Lesley Foggarty,Rhiannon Bartaud-Gandar,Rowan McRae,Sandra Gillespie,Serena McFarlane,Steve Wilson,Theo Nettleton
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