Event |
Pygmalion
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Venue |
Playhouse, South Bank, QLD |
First Date |
7 November 2011 |
Opening Date |
7 November 2011 |
Last Date |
27 November 2011 |
Dates Estimated |
No |
Status |
Professional |
World Premiere |
No |
Description |
Is it possible to survive being dressed up and dragged into a tier of society that's utterly unfamiliar? Eliza is about to find out. In George Bernard Shaw's renowned play, uppity phonetics professor Henry Higgins plucks Eliza Doolittle off the streets in an effort to pass her off as a duchess. Can he transform a sow's ear into a silk purse in just six months to win a bet with his chum Colonel Pickering? And will the social experiment teach the aloof academic a few things in the process?
Michael Gow's Pygmalion is most definitely not My Fair Lady. While it boasts all the lavishness of a |
Description Source |
Website |
Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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Secondary Genre |
Drama
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Subjects |
Class Issues
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Organisations |
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Contributors |
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Resources |
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Works |
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Text Nationality |
England
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Production Nationality |
Australia
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Event Status |
Completed
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Data Source |
Source |
Description |
Web |
http://www.queenslandtheatre.com.au/plays/whats-on/2011-season/main-season/pygmalion |
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Event Identifier
| 92238 |
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