GEORGE BERNARD SHAW WAS AN IRISH DRAMATIST WHO WROTE OVER 50 PLAYS. ALL HIS PLAYS ARE VERY AMUSING AND FUNNY.HE WROTE THE PLAY “PYGMALION” IN 1912. IT IS THE STORY OF LIZA DOOLITLE, AN IMPOVERISHED, ILLITERATE AND NEGLECTED LONDON GIRL, WHO IS A FLOWER SELLER BY OCCUPATION. HER SPEECH AND ACCENT REFLECTS HER LOW POSITION IN LIFE.
THE PHONETICIAN, PROFESSOR HIGGINS, TAKES HER ON AS A STUDENT. HE PUTS IN ALL HIS EFFORT TO TRANSFORM LIZZIE INTO A FASHIONABLE AND SOPHISTICATED GIRL WHO CAN MIX AROUND WITH THE BEST IN SOCIETY. HIGGINS USES HER TO PROVE A POINT AND TREATS HER AS AN INSTRUMENT; HOWEVER, SHE SHOWS HIM THAT SHE IS A HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE AND SHE HAS THE RIGHT OF BEING TREATED EQUALLY AS OTHERS.
THE PLAY WAS TURNED INTO A POPULAR MUSICAL FILM, “MY FAIR LADY”.