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“Would the world ever have been made if its maker had been afraid of making trouble? Making life means making trouble. Theres only one way of escaping trouble; and thats killing things. Cowards, you notice, are always shrieking to have troublesome people killed.”

Quote by Bernard Shaw

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Pygmalion

Written by George Bernard Shaw, this play is renowned for its wit and social commentary. It follows the journey of Eliza Doolittle, a young woman from the East End of London, who is taken under the wing of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics. Higgins bets he can teach Eliza to speak and behave like a lady, thus transforming her into a different social class. The narrative delves into the complexities of language, social status, and the human condition. more

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Bernard Shaw

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