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Pygmalion


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Pronunciation: / pɪɡˈmeɪlɪən /

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  1. (1913) a play by George Bernard SHAW in which Professor Henry HIGGINS teaches a poor COCKNEY woman, Eliza DOOLITTLE, how to speak and behave like an UPPER CLASS lady. The play was made into a MUSICAL (= a play that uses singing and dancing to tell a story) in 1956 and a successful film MUSICAL in 1964, both called MY FAIR LADY .
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