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Pygmalion卖花女GeorgeBernardShawGeorgeBernardShaw(26July1856–2November1950),wasanAnglo-Irishplaywright,criticandpolemicistwhoseinfluenceonWesterntheatre,cultureandpoliticsextendedfromthe1880stohisdeathandbeyond.Hewrotemorethansixtyplays.Witharangeincorporatingbothcontemporarysatireandhistoricalallegory,Shawbecametheleadingdramatistofhisgeneration,andin1925wasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature.MajorWorks《卡希尔.拜伦的职业》CashelByron'sProfession《武器和人》ArmsandtheMan《鲧夫的房产》Widowers'Houses《英国佬的另一个岛》JohnBull'sOtherIsland《圣女贞德》SaintJoan《卖花女》Pygmalion《魔鬼的门徒》TheDevil'sDisciple《人与超人》ManandSuperman《伤心之家》HeartbreakHouse《华伦夫人的职业》Mrs.Warren'sProfession《巴巴拉少校》MajorBarbara《苹果车》TheAppleCart《长生》（《千岁人》）BacktoMethuselah《凯撒和克娄巴特拉》CaesarandCleopatraPygmalionisaplaybyGeorgeBernardShaw,namedafteraGreekmythologicalcharacter.CharacterHenryHiggins,alinguisticscientist.Arobustandhandsomeforty-year-oldbachelor.Heisabsolutelyuncivilizedinhisrelationswithpeople.Althoughhefirmlybelieveshimselftobekindheartedandconsiderate.Higginsmakesabetwithanotherscientist,ColonelPickering,thathecan,insixmonths,makeaCockneyflowergirlspeaksowellthatshecanbepassedoffasaduchess.亨利.希金斯ElizaDoolittle,theflowergirl.Dirtyandignorant,ElizacomestoHigginsandpatheticallybegshimtoteachhertospeakwellenoughtorunarespectableflowershop.GrownfondofHigginsandgratefultohim,Elizatriestopleasehimandisignored.GraduallydisappointedatHiggin'singnorance,sheleftthe2meninthenigntaftertheembassyreception.Toassertherself,ElizathreatenstogointocompetitionwithHiggins,usinghisownmethodsofteachingproperspeech.HigginsrudelycongratulatesElizaonherassertivenessandwelcomesherasafriendandequal.ElizamarriesnotHigginsbutFreddyHill.Theyopenaflowershopthat,withPickering’shelp,finallybecomesprosperous.伊莉莎.杜利托ColonelPickering,alinguistwhohastraveledtoLondonfromIndiatoseeHiggins.Anelderly,amiablesoldier,PickeringisasconfirmedabachelorasHiggins,butheisagentlemanwhotreatsElizawithrespectandhelpstomoderateHiggins’mistreatmentofher.皮克林上校AlfredDoolittle,adustman,Eliza’sfather.Doolittleisdistinguishedbyagoodvoice,anoriginalmind,andacompleteabsenceofconscience.HeplanstoblackmailHiggins,mistakenlythinkingthatHigginshastakenElizaashismistress.HigginsandPickeringaresodelightedbythescoundrel’sstraightforwardnessthattheygivehimfivepounds.DoolittleismademiddleclassbyHiggin'slettertoEzraD.Wannafeller,anAmericanphilanthropist,HigginscallsDoolittle“themostoriginalmoralist”inEngland.WannafellerleavesDoolittleanincomeof3thousandpoundsayear.阿尔弗雷德.杜利托Mrs.Higgins,Henry’smother,awomanoftaste.Shehasaskedherbarbaricsontostayawaywhensheisreceivingguests.Herpoiseandcompetencehelptobringsomeorderintothelivesofthosearoundher.Nepommuck,aspectacularlybewhiskeredHungarian.AttheembassyreceptionatwhichElizaispassedoffasnobility,Nepommuck,aformerpupilofHigginswhomakeshislivingasatranslator,testifiesthatElizaiscertainlyofroyalblood,perhapsaprincess.FreddyEynsfordHill,theuneducatedandunintelligentsonofanimpoverishednoblefamily.HeisthesonandthebrotherofMrs.EynsfordHillandMissClaraEynsfordHill.HelovesElizaandhauntsthestreetbyHiggins’housetocatchaglimpseofher.Hemarriesheratlastandsubmitstoherbenevolentdespotism.Mrs.Pearce,HenryHiggins’housekeeper,averyproperandverymiddle-classwoman.Mrs.Pearce,bysheerforceofwill,enforcesasemblanceoforderandproprietyinHiggins’house.ActOne•Agroupofpeopleareshelteringfromtherain.Shortlytheyarejoinedbyagentleman,ColonelPickering.WhiletheflowergirlElizatriestosellflowerstotheColonel,heraccentattractsHenryHiggins,aprofessorofphonetics.ElizaworriesthatHigginsisapoliceofficerandwillnotcalmdownuntilHigginsintroduceshimself.ItsoonbecomesapparentthatheandColonelPickeringhaveasharedinterestinphonetics;ActOneActTwo•NextDay.ElizacomestoHiggin'shomeandtellsHigginsthatshewillpayforlessons.ActTwoMeanwhile,AlfredDoolittle,Eliza'sfatherwhohasnopaternalinterestinhisdaughter'swelfarecomestodemandhisdaughtersreturn.HeappearswiththesolepurposeofgettingmoneyoutofHiggins.ThesceneendswithHigginstellingPickeringthattheyreallyhavegotadifficultjobontheirhands.•Formonths,HiggginshastrainedElizatospeakproperly.2trialsforElizafollow.Act3The1stoccurredatMrs.Higgins'drawingroom.ItisMrs.Higgins's'athome'dayandsheisentertainingvisitors.ThevisitorsaretheEynsford-Hills.Higginsburstsinandtellshismotherhehaspickedupacommonflowergirlwhomhehasbeenteachingandhewantshismothertotestthegirltoseeifsheisqualifiedtobeatruelady.ActThreeWhilstsheisnowabletospeakinbeautifullymodulatedtones,thesubstanceofwhatshesaysremainsunchangedfromthegutter.•The2ndtrialtookplaceseveralmonthslateratanambassador'sparty.•ThescenebeginswithawhiskerswhoclaimshimselfasoneofthefamouspupilsofProfessorHiggins.HisnameisNepommuck.•Hesaidhecanspeak32languagesandisindispensableattheseinternationalpartiesandtonightheactsastheinterpreterbecausetheGreekdiplomatistspeaksEnglishsovillainouslythathehastopayNepommucktohelphim.What’sworse,NepommuckclaimshimselfabletodistinguishanymaninEuropejudgingfromhislanguages.•ColonelPickeringworriesthatNepommuckwillfindoutElizaandblackmailher.Thefootmanannounces