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Test Event - My Fair Lady
Presented By Test Evangel
Saturday, February 16th at 7:00pm CST
Online sale ends: 02/16/19 at 6:00pm CST
Fine Arts
1111 North Glenstone Ave
Springfield, MO 65802
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Description
In ancient Greek mythology, the artist Pygmalion falls in love with one of his sculptures, which, later, in answer to his prayer, comes to life. In George Bernard Shaw’s allusive 1912 play, professor of phonetics Henry Higgins attempts to create a duchess out of a common flower vendor, Eliza Doolittle, mainly by changing the way she speaks; Higgins believes that impeccable speech is the key to acquiring a high-class reputation. He is determined to succeed, so much so that he treats Eliza as an experimental creature rather than as a human being. Pygmalion satirizes the stiff, early-1900s British class system and its failure to understand women’s potentials for independence.
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