Premium Content An Atypical Romance in Five Acts
By Tauhira Hoossainy - March 22, 2003
On the title page of Pygmalion, George Bernard Shaw describes the play as 'A Romance in Five Acts'. Throughout the play, readers might assume that the heroine and hero of Pygmalion will end up romantically together. In fact, a common complaint about Shaw's masterpiece is that, though it he calls it a romance, the protagonists are not, and do not…
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