| 单词 | Pygmalion |
| 例句 | The story of Pygmalion and Galatea is an example; it has no conceivable connection with any event in nature. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No hopeless lover of a living maiden was ever so desperately unhappy as Pygmalion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Professor Steinberg says this is Pygmalion. Think of the story, Tara.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A gifted young sculptor of Cyprus, named Pygmalion, was a woman-hater. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Very thoughtful at this good omen Pygmalion sought his house and his love, the thing he had created and given his heart to. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The original Pygmalion transformed a lump of stone into a living, breathing woman, in what might be considered history's first cosmetic makeover. Pygmalion 2010-05-18T20:29:00Z Wanted and unwanted change are exactly what “My Fair Lady,” like “Pygmalion” before it, is about. Review: ‘My Fair Lady,’ Illuminated With New Stars 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z “I got those ‘Pygmalion’ lessons,” she said with a laugh. Gene Kelly as Choreographer, in Lincoln Center Series 2012-07-13T16:19:26Z The Pygmalion players, adroit in shifting styles, summon graciousness for Schubert and flair for the more theatrically astute composers. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But now, more than two months later, the production exudes that sense of deft suaveness customary to the genteel age that “My Fair Lady” — based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” — epitomizes. What’s it like behind the scenes at ‘My Fair Lady’? We went backstage with Laura Benanti. 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z But isn't it - wasn't it - written by Americans, based on the play "Pygmalion" by the playwright George Bernard Shaw who was himself...Irish? "Ow"Liza and the BBC Proms is doing "My Fair Lady"? 2012-07-12T11:51:39Z Described as “part ‘Pygmalion,’ part Busby Berkley, part self-help lexicon,” the show opens in January. ArtsBeat: New Play by Pulitzer Winner To Be Part of LCT3 Season 2013-07-10T18:58:30Z This was exactly what Shaw didn't want "Pygmalion" to imply. Pasadena Playhouse's 'Pygmalion' is more a rethinking than a revival 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z So in essence it was like ‘Pygmalion’ and ‘My Fair Lady.’ Stephen King and John Mellencamp?s ?Ghost Brothers? Musical 2012-04-01T04:17:15Z It’s a “Pygmalion”-like story of a working-class hairdresser bent on self-improvement and the English professor who initiates her transformation. | 'Vision Disturbance': Seeing in Just 2 Dimensions as Her Marriage Breaks Up 2010-09-03T22:35:00Z In The Girl, the relationship moves from Pygmalion to Beauty and the Beast, before curdling into something more mutually destructive, if not downright abusive. Toby Jones: dial H for Hitchcock 2012-12-09T18:59:01Z When Lerner and Loewe turned “Pygmalion” into a musical in 1956, that was hardly a viable choice. The Best Theater of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z At 1 p.m. is a screening of his sumptuous 1964 screen adaptation of “My Fair Lady,” the classic musical based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. Film: Loverly Memories of a Director 2013-12-20T21:09:49Z Henry Higgins forced them into the mouth of Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's Pygmalion, only to see her swallow one of them. What makes a great speech? 2011-02-26T00:07:28Z Set in and around London in 1912, it is based on a play, “Pygmalion,” by George Bernard Shaw. A Loverly Revival: ‘My Fair Lady’ to Return to Broadway Next Year 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z In such ruminations, the author steps beyond the reach of any “Pygmalion” and becomes a more dangerous kind of beautiful. Memoirs of Womanhood by Emily Ratajkowski, Toufah Jallow and N. West Moss 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The French soprano Sabine Devieilhe has joined forces with the period instrument ensemble Pygmalion and its founding conductor, Raphaël Pichon, to produce one of the most engaging and entertaining CDs out recently. ‘The Weber Sisters’ throw fresh light on Mozart vocalism 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Onstage and clasping a tall cane, he surveys a ballerina who’s on point in fifth position: Pygmalion to her Galatea, he’s the senior creator, she the youthful paragon, but both are plainly involved in labor. ‘Degas’s Little Dancer’ Spotlights a Seminal Sculpture 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z In part, the story is as creaky as that of Pygmalion, the male sculptor who turns a beloved carving into a woman. Review: The Gorgeous Heartbreak of ‘A Star Is Born’ 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Kazan, a 28-year-old Yale graduate who's written several plays, said she was inspired by the Pygmalion myth — and that she didn't realize, at first, that she was writing the roles for herself and Dano. Zoe Kazan goes 'down a rabbit hole' with the movie 'Ruby Sparks' 2012-08-01T22:31:05Z But in 1956, signs of trouble for the new musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” came early. At First Performance of ‘My Fair Lady,’ the Drama Was Offstage 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Far from a flag-waving pageant, it's a sort of reverse Pygmalion, with Firth's Prince Bertie cured of his stammer by Rush's unorthodox Australian methods, just in time to take the throne. This week's new films 2011-01-08T00:06:09Z Like Pygmalion, whose name the book's title evokes, Toby is tragically caught between two worlds; he is neither a pig nor a person. 'PYG': the memoirs of a very smart swine 2012-08-03T19:47:04Z You shouldn't miss Dundee Rep's modern dress Sweeney Todd, the Royal Exchange's Pygmalion or , which is nearing the end of its run at Hampstead. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2010-06-04T15:47:00Z Throw into the mix Pygmalion, an ensemble of 40 expert instrumentalists who play as one, and you have critical mass. ‘The Weber Sisters’ throw fresh light on Mozart vocalism 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z He began his career in theatre, making his West End debut in a production of Pygmalion, before moving to the small screen. Famous faces we lost in 2010 2010-12-28T08:38:08Z It focuses on a narcissistic social media addict who is given a Pygmalion makeover by a somewhat priggish branding whiz. ‘Selfie,’ ‘A to Z’ and Others Refresh the Romantic Comedy 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z But it will also be fully alive, having been granted, like Pygmalion’s statue, the breath of life. | 'I Am Love': Tilda Swinton in Lush, Romantic Italian Film 2010-06-17T22:47:00Z I think I took the Pygmalion story as a sign of how, and with enough rehearsal and a good director, you can become someone else. Emilia Clarke, of “Game of Thrones,” on Surviving Two Life-Threatening Aneurysms 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Whoops, somehow I forgot the play was Pygmalion. Lauren Ambrose Finally Gets Her Musical 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Irrational Man trailer In many ways, Allen has been working and reworking this reversal since Annie Hall and Sleeper, the romantic plot of both films essentially retellings of Shaw’s Pygmalion. Woody Allen and his sisters 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In the original, a male sculptor creates and falls in love with a beautiful statue; in George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” and in the Lerner-Loewe musical “My Fair Lady,” she’s a Cockney flower girl. ‘Barbie’ Review: Out of the Box and On the Road 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Technically, “Pygmalion” is not an opera but an acte de ballet: a peculiar French hybrid in which dance reveals as much of the plot as the singing. Music Review: Underworld Opera?s Multimedia Twist on ?Pygmalion? 2010-05-14T22:04:00Z One can never overdose on Shaw, so even if you've recently seen "Pygmalion," you'll find lots to delight in Sound Theatre Company's production. A well-spoken, well-dressed 'Pygmalion' 2011-08-25T18:19:05Z Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw's classic satire about a phonetics professor who attempts to school a Cockney flower girl. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 21-28: 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' and more 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z That music is only intermittently realized in Jessica Kubzansky's unevenly acted production of "Pygmalion," which opened Sunday at the Pasadena Playhouse. 'Pygmalion' falls short in uneven Pasadena Playhouse revival Most of those jokes are built on distinctions of class and accent that, if taken seriously, would lead you into “Pygmalion” territory — a debt the script acknowledges — or worse. Review: A Multiple-Exposure ‘Me and My Girl’ at Encores! 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Allen’s take on “Pygmalion” is full of age inappropriate pairings. The 12 most age-inappropriate romantic pairings in Woody Allen’s career 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z A short story by the author of “Circe” retells the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Like a modern-day Pygmalion, Goude reworks the women till their perfection becomes supernatural. Paris retrospective celebrates ad man Goude 2011-11-11T12:46:03Z And since Pigott-Smith not so long ago played Professor Higgins, his presence subliminally reminds one of Russell's huge debt to Shaw's Pygmalion. Educating Rita 2010-08-03T21:30:00Z Last season, I counted three Pygmalion tales on New York stages, each tweaked for the modern era. Is “Pretty Woman” on Broadway a Big Mistake? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z In this, its 50th season, the festival will include the musical “My Fair Lady,” based on Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” for the first time. Summer Stages 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z Ms. Goldin seems to use the term as shorthand for a kind of Pygmalion complex. Art Review: ?Nan Goldin: Scopophilia? at Matthew Marks Gallery - Review 2011-12-08T23:21:31Z The British theatre director David Grindley cast her for his 2007 Broadway production of Pygmalion, even though she hadn’t really done any professional stage acting. Claire Danes profile: ‘She has intensity and immersion in the character’ 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z And here’s George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”: Phonetician meets flower seller. Review: A Playful ‘Pygmalion’ From Bedlam? Bloody Likely 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Aren’t we all creators of ourselves, each of us both Pygmalion and Galatea? Art Review: Everyone?s 15 Minutes In a Culture of Celebrity 2011-01-13T22:44:50Z He compared Mr. Bowie with the character in George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” and the musical “My Fair Lady.” Iggy Pop on David Bowie: ‘He Resurrected Me’ 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z The story of “Pretty Woman” is often compared to that in “Pygmalion,” the George Bernard Shaw play that inspired “My Fair Lady,” which is scheduled to be revived on Broadway this spring. ‘Pretty Woman’ as a Broadway Musical? Get Ready 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z It’s been a good year for Raphaël Pichon and his period ensemble Pygmalion: critically adored opera stagings and excellent recordings, including one for the pantheon of “St. Matthew Passion” accounts. Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z I managed to tell him that I had seen "Lawrence" at least 25 times but had also seen him on stage in "Pygmalion" and had seen all of his movies, even "The Savage Innocents". Tributes paid to actor Peter O'Toole 2013-12-16T17:25:16Z It is a Pygmalion story, in its way, a story of transformation. Cannes 2013: Venus in Fur - first look review 2013-05-25T10:04:14Z In Season 2, the Irish ex-chauffeur marries the earl’s youngest daughter, Sybil, and the consequences there are closer to those in “My Fair Lady” than they are in George Bernard Shaw’s more mordant original, “Pygmalion.” The TV Watch: ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns for a Fourth Season 2014-01-02T21:12:16Z Pygmalion remained at the center, surrounded by Céphise, a rival for his affections; Cupid, the life-giving agent; assorted onlookers; and the statue herself, whom Cupid quickly energizes. Review: Ahead of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Two Operatic Pygmalions 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z But this is not a Pygmalion story, or one about a student who rebels against her teacher. A Young Poet, a Mysterious Stranger and an El Salvador on the Brink of War 2019-04-20T04:00:00Z “Pretty Woman” is notable among Pygmalion stories in that Edward doesn’t teach Vivian how to be a lady; he hands her a credit card and outsources the rest to Barney, the hotel manager. Is “Pretty Woman” on Broadway a Big Mistake? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z He apprenticed in the British theater, toured in provincial theaters and made his film debut as an extra in the 1938 film “Pygmalion.” TV Series 'The Avengers' Star Patrick Macnee Dies at 93 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z She is less concerned with the psychology that would draw Helen to a father figure than she is with Val’s Pygmalion role in Helen/Heloise’s transformation. Books of The Times: ‘And When She Was Good’ by Laura Lippman 2012-08-01T20:07:25Z Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw’s classic satire about a speech professor who tries to transform a Cockney flower girl into a proper lady. L.A. theater openings, March 15-22: 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' and more 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z The downtown troupe Bedlam did Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” with an Anglo-Indian Eliza Doolittle. Is “Pretty Woman” on Broadway a Big Mistake? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z "This is a modern-day Pygmalion with many of the same discomfiting themes," complains the Times' Kate Muir. You review: The Blind Side 2010-03-29T15:01:00Z Donizetti, using an Italian translation of a libretto by Rousseau, presents Pygmalion in a near-suicidal agony of desire. Review: Ahead of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Two Operatic Pygmalions 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Still, there’s no trace in her portrayal of Nell’s humble origins, and the “Pygmalion”-like aspects of “Nell Gwynn” are never activated. Review | Oh, Nell, you deserved better! ‘Nell Gwynn’ is a disappointing new play at the Folger. 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z A note: Shaw reveled in the great success of "Pygmalion." Seattle Shakes delivers a fine 'Pygmalion' 2012-02-28T23:02:04Z Brigman went back to the West Coast for good, and Stieglitz eventually fulfilled his Pygmalion fantasy with the more compliant O’Keeffe. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z After several unsuccessful attempts to find one, Day decided to mould one himself, in the manner of Pygmalion. How to Create the Perfect Wife by Wendy Moore – review 2013-01-04T22:55:08Z A social media-addict gets a "Pygmalion"-style makeover, and George Bernard Shaw spins in his grave, in the new sitcom "Selfie." TV This Week Sept. 28 - Oct. 4: 'Reign' on KTLA 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Female editors and retailers seem more willing to be swayed by a young Pygmalion rhapsodizing about some fanciful but unflattering silhouette than a young woman doing the same. Rosie Assoulin: A female designer infiltrates fashion’s ‘boy wonder’ club 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z It is tempting to see a self-portrait in Cukor’s handling of the Henry Higgins character; as a filmmaker he was credited as Pygmalion to any number of Hollywood Galateas. DVD: New on DVD, George Cukor?s ?My Fair Lady? 2011-11-20T02:03:04Z “He is my Pygmalion, the man whom I love and who made me break out of my shell.” Myriam Ullens, Philanthropic Baroness With a Disputed Fortune, Dies at 70 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Though Mr. Buckley was not a Pygmalion figure in Mr. Ford’s life, it was abundantly clear to friends, including Anna Wintour, that their private relationship fueled what Mr. Ford became. Remembering Richard Buckley 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z It’s odd, then, that one of the network’s fall sitcoms, Selfie–I’m serious–is a Pygmalion story about a woman whose addiction to social media leaves her with thousands of followers but no friends. Upfronts Watch: ABC's Selfie Interest 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Playwright George Bernard Shaw was 82 when he shared a screenplay Oscar for the 1938 film adaptation of his drama "Pygmalion." Oscar win at 87 may make Ennio Morricone the oldest winner ever 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Morgan Jourdain’s reconstruction of the funeral music is elegantly rendered by the Ensemble Pygmalion and a strong lineup of vocal soloists. Classical Playlist: Steve Reich, Mendelssohn, Bach and More 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z But our fascination with artificially created humans reaches much further back than that — at least to Pygmalion in Greek mythology. Review | The robot revolution is coming: Will there be any room left for us? 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z A short story, by the author of “Circe,” retells the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Karina was happy to acknowledge Godard as a Pygmalion figure but also pointed out her own contributions. Anna Karina, Star of French New Wave Cinema, Is Dead at 79 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Critiques of “My Fair Lady” have focused not only on the show’s final exchange, but on the Pygmalion narrative itself: a man transforming a woman to meet his standards. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z This is one of many works here that you can imagine the sculptor, like Pygmalion, falling in love with. The Body Beautiful: The Classical Ideal in Ancient Greek Art 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z In Venice, she caught the eye of Franco Cristaldi, at the time one of Italy’s most important producers, who, in Pygmalion fashion, transformed the young ingénue into an in-demand movie star. Claudia Cardinale: 6 Decades in the Movies 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z A shortened version of Shaw's Pygmalion is relocated to Edinburgh in Classic Cuts at Oran Mor in Glasgow, while Blue Raincoat's revival of Ionesco's absurdist drama, The Chairs, is at the Tron in Glasgow. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-11T13:13:13Z The chorus performed with a stylish ease, and the period instrumentalists were exceptional in both buoyant dances and evocative effects like the rattling storm of “Anacréon” and the pert chisel-tap rhythms of the “Pygmalion” Overture. Music Review: Rameau?s Blend, the Toast of France 2011-03-13T21:50:02Z "Pygmalion" is both a classic and a conundrum — a treatise on social inequality, women's oppression and educational reform, wrapped in a deliciously ironic "romance." Seattle Shakes delivers a fine 'Pygmalion' 2012-02-28T23:02:04Z She is not the ivory Galatea of the Pygmalion myth, sculpted by a man who despises real women. Review: Whose ‘Fair Lady’? This Time, Eliza’s in Charge 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Denied entry to the conducting class at the Paris Conservatory, partly because he beats time with his left hand, he formed Pygmalion in 2006, drawing on friends and performers he knew. A Rising Conductor Who’s ‘Not Just a Pair of Hands’ 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z But “Pretty Woman” pulls on another strand as well: the Pygmalion myth. Is “Pretty Woman” on Broadway a Big Mistake? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z There’s an element of Shaw’s “Pygmalion” in the way she is slowly indoctrinated into the family’s upper-middle-class mores. Books of The Times: ‘Love, Nina,’ by Nina Stibbe 2014-04-21T21:47:49Z There's no secret about Robert Tressell's intentions in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, published in 1914, a year after the first staging of Pygmalion. Spur of the Moment; Pygmalion; The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist; The Magical Menagerie 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z With hints of “Pygmalion” and “Bad Girls Club,” “House of DVF” takes 10 young women with varied backgrounds, work experiences and personality disorders, and grooms them for a high-fashion world. A Designer Is Dressed to Cull 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Here’s the ancient Pygmalion myth: Boy meets rock. Review: A Playful ‘Pygmalion’ From Bedlam? Bloody Likely 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Ms. Danes, who made her Broadway debut in 2007, as Eliza Doolittle in a revival of “Pygmalion,” plays a rival managing director at the firm. Claire Danes Joins Cast of 'Dry Powder' Off Broadway 1453-03-01T05:00:00Z Last year he was cast as Alfred Doolittle in a West End production of Pygmalion, but pulled out due to illness shortly before it opened. Simon Ward obituary 2012-07-23T16:41:06Z But after releasing the critically hailed album “Pygmalion” in 1995, the group went on a hiatus. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z For my money West Side Story is as great achievement as its source, Romeo and Juliet, and My Fair Lady every bit as good as Shaw's Pygmalion. Les Misérables: why the snobbery about musicals? 2013-01-14T15:25:21Z At Dior, as at so many other shows, young women walk across a vast runway as the object of everyone’s attention, dressed not by themselves but by a real world Pygmalion. Perspective | Paris Fashion Week begins with coronavirus anxiety — plus latex, feminism and flashing neon lights 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z "The Body Double" contains all the sinister elements that have always been present in any Pygmalion story: the male gaze, controlling and defining womanhood, co-dependence and loss of identity. March to the shelves for these new books: Recommended reading for spring break and beyond 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z George Bernard Shaw, whose “Pygmalion” is the basis of “My Fair Lady,” was an early and fervent feminist, albeit with his own problems in that area. Loving and Hating the Broadway Season: Our Critics Could Have Argued All Night 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Much like Eliza Doolittle in Shaw’s later play “Pygmalion,” she’s raw female material, ready for molding by an expert male hand. Review: ‘Caesar & Cleopatra,’ Dressed Down Yet Wised Up 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “Ruby Sparks,” an ingenious and delightful variation on the Pygmalion myth, toys whimsically with these questions, as the initially perfect relationship between a neurotic author and his sprung-to-life fictional creation goes through changes. Movie Review: ‘Ruby Sparks,’ Written by and Starring Zoe Kazan 2012-07-24T21:46:52Z They've arrived a few hours early at their rehearsal space, on the campus of Pasadena City College, to discuss the rewards and challenges of doing "Pygmalion" in this day and age. Pasadena Playhouse's 'Pygmalion' is more a rethinking than a revival 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z In literature, fantasies about the consequences of animating inanimate objects go back through “Frankenstein” all the way to Pygmalion and Prometheus. ‘M3GAN’ Makes Us Ask (Again): Who’s Afraid of Dancing Robots? 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z “There was this strange Pygmalion dynamic between them,” Ms. Timberman said. ‘Masters of Sex’ Recalls the Work of Masters and Johnson 2013-07-27T05:49:04Z And, if your only "Pygmalion" experience is with "My Fair Lady," do yourself a favor and see a fine production of the real thing. A well-spoken, well-dressed 'Pygmalion' 2011-08-25T18:19:05Z Tidy workers, basking in the glow of their colleagues’ high estimation, work harder, according to a tenet of social science called the Pygmalion effect, when we excel because others expect us to. As Economy Is Upended, Marie Kondo Drops a Workplace Book 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z That’s a play I’d like to see, but it’s not “Pygmalion,” or at least it’s not “Pygmalion” with only a line or two improved. Review: A Playful ‘Pygmalion’ From Bedlam? Bloody Likely 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z In outline, the movie offers a savvy, updated riff on the Greek myth of Pygmalion, which has inspired myriad stories about men and the women they invent. ‘Barbie’ Review: Out of the Box and On the Road 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Fear not, purists, the namesake writer will be represented by “Pygmalion” and “You Never Can Tell.” 50 Essential Summer Festivals 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z An appreciative roar from the audience prompted two encores: a repeat of the merrily chattering “Pygmalion” finale and a second opportunity for Mr. Lyon to fly through “Règne, Amour.” Music Review: Rameau?s Blend, the Toast of France 2011-03-13T21:50:02Z A Cockney flower girl gets an extreme makeover in "Pygmalion" at Pasadena Playhouse, Chance Theater heads down the rabbit hole with "Alice in Wonderland," and "Cinderella" is the belle of the ball at the Ahmanson. L.A. theater openings, March 15-22: 'Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella' and more 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Shaw wrote about that and had very definite ideas about the status of Eliza at the end of Pygmalion: she leaves Higgins. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z It’s too bad that “The Lost City” isn’t more ambitious, because a woman writing her dreams into reality is a potentially rich riff on the Pygmalion and Galatea myth. ‘The Lost City’ Review: Raiders of the 1980s Blockbusters 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z She is both a dominating totem figure and largely passive in the man’s control; the way he becomes Pygmalion to her Galatea can be enthralling. Dance Review: Ridding a Moody Cunningham Work of Ambiguity, One Gesture at a Time 2011-02-14T23:29:10Z But Mr. Twist, a recipient of the so-called MacArthur “genius grant,” has the Pygmalion gift of coaxing inanimate matter into supple and seductive life. Review: Head Tripping the Light Fantastic in ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Rameau’s Pygmalion and his statue were largely shunted to the background by all the frenetic activity at the front of the stage. Review: Ahead of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Two Operatic Pygmalions 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Once Nils Neubert overcame his initial tentativeness in the title role, his attractive tenor, beautifully controlled vibrato and amusing, flexible portrayal of Pygmalion carried the evening. Music Review: Underworld Opera?s Multimedia Twist on ?Pygmalion? 2010-05-14T22:04:00Z It was founded in 814 B.C. by Dido, a Phoenician princess from ancient Tyre, fleeing her homicidal brother Pygmalion, who had killed her husband. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z You can imagine the Pygmalion myth resonating with Lanthimos, and not just because he’s Greek. 'Poor Things' brings hot sex and Stone-cold brilliance to the film festival season 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z I replied, crumpling my script of “Pygmalion,” which I’d been memorizing for my scene study class. Opinion: Actors are striking because we've long been in crisis. It's not just streaming or AI 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z In the early years, their relationship drew comparisons to George Bernard Shaw’s play, “Pygmalion,” or perhaps “My Fair Lady,” with accounts of Farouk sending her to school, having her restyled and bankrolling singing lessons. Irma Capece Minutolo, Opera Singer and Partner to Exiled King, Dies at 87 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z A statuesque queen breathes life into the creation — the Henry Higgins of her own Eliza Doolittle, the Pygmalion of her Galatea. Commentary: How the aesthetics of drag drive the bigots mad 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The new quartet includes Alla, Themis, Excalibur and Pygmalion, which paraded last weekend, and Iris, which will hit the streets on Saturday. New Orleans gets trashed for Mardi Gras. Now the city wants to recycle. 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z After graduating in 1944 at age 20, he filmed advertising shorts and worked on a production of George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” that was intended for troops overseas. Peter Brook, towering theater director, dies at 97 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z It’s fitting that the most well-known autobiography of a cosmetic surgeon, published in 1953, is titled “Doctor Pygmalion.” The Feminist Case for Breast Reduction 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” the musical premiered on Broadway in 1956 and ran for more than six years, a record at the time. Sally Ann Howes, who was Truly Scrumptious in ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,’ dies at 91 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z But rather than reinventing the wheel, Sher sought to return to the tone and perspective of the musical’s source material, George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” which possesses a distinctly less romantic bent. Director Bartlett Sher on reviving ‘My Fair Lady,’ coming to Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, in the #MeToo era 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Playing behind a sturdy offensive line, supported by an outstanding defense and getting the Pygmalion treatment from Belichick, Jones has been the best of the rookie bunch so far. N.F.L. Rookie Quarterbacks Have Been Bad. Can That Change? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Like the original She’s All That, the remake will draw on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, and the subsequent film and musical My Fair Lady that it inspired. TikTok influencer Addison Rae will star in Miramax’s gender-swapped She’s All That remake 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z One of her final stage roles was as Mrs. Higgins, the protagonist’s imperious but sensible mother, in a 2011 production of “Pygmalion” at the Garrick Theater in London. Diana Rigg, Emma Peel of ‘The Avengers,’ Dies at 82 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Her work in the theatre continued, including well-received performances in The Cherry Orchard, Pygmalion and Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer. Obituary: Dame Diana Rigg 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Forbidden or disaster-laden touch has been thematically explored from the beginning of storytelling: think the apple of Eden, King Midas, Apollo and Daphne, Tantalus, Pygmalion and Thanatos myths, where touching can have calamitous consequences. Look, don't touch: what great literature can teach us about love with no contact 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z But, as Lis Smith, the Democratic strategist who rumbled in New York politics before becoming Mayor Pete’s Pygmalion, said, “Trump is selfishly ruthless for his own personal gain while Cuomo is more benevolently ruthless.” Opinion | Let’s ‘Kick Coronavirus’s Ass’ 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z In interviews, she sometimes likened their relationship to George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” describing Godard as a kind of cinematic Henry Higgins. Anna Karina, luminous star of French New Wave films, dies at 79 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z “It was not a process, or something she studied, and certainly Burt was no Pygmalion; Margaret simply seemed to know how to take wing and fly effortlessly from one incarnation to the next.” Review | A strong-willed wife, her devoted husband and a losing battle with cancer 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z At its core, fandom is a love story, like something out of Greek myth; it’s Pygmalion falling in love with someone else’s statue. Superfans: A Love Story 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Among political hopefuls, Brown is known as a mentor and a Pygmalion. Kamala Harris Makes Her Case 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Ms. Dowd concluded her piece by warning readers that “AOC and her Pygmalions” risked “burning down” the Democratic Party for the sake of the “emotional satisfaction of their own purity.” Rahm Emanuel rips AOC’s chief of staff as ‘snot-nosed-punk’ who plays into Trump’s hands 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z The group of Google employees that spoke with The Guardian work on Pygmalion, which is the team that produces the linguistic data sets that power Assistant and allow it to understand so many different languages. 'White-collar sweatshop': Google Assistant contractors slam tech giant 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z One Googler who successfully converted to a full-time position after working as a temp on Pygmalion said that at times the bargain was even made explicit. 'A white-collar sweatshop': Google Assistant contractors allege wage theft 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z And then, in unexpected application of the Pygmalion myth, the love of his life, though no looker, unpeeled herself from the parapet and mutated from stone into a singing puppet. Notre Dame and the culture it inspired – from Matisse to the Muppets 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z As much as it is an adaptation, it’s also written as an objection to “Pygmalion.” ‘I don’t want to write a slave’: A Q&A with playwrights Psalmayene 24 and Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Naturally, this led to me listening to those records, and their influence can be heard throughout Pygmalion. Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom' 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z According to The Guardian, the Pygmalion team now includes 40 to 50 full-time Googlers and about 200 temporary workers employed through agencies. 'White-collar sweatshop': Google Assistant contractors slam tech giant 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Wages for contract workers on the Pygmalion team are well above the new minimum standard, usually starting around $25 an hour for associate linguists and going up to $35 an hour for project managers. 'A white-collar sweatshop': Google Assistant contractors allege wage theft 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The coldness that followed was more Pygmalion than Apollonian, more marble than wood. Opinion | Make Me a Cold and Pitiless Goddess 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The show is based on “Pygmalion” by George Bernard Shaw, about the Cockney girl Eliza Doolittle, who works to shed her accent with the help of professor Henry Higgins. Grammy nominations for musical theater: TV's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' is a surprising challenger to Broadway's 'Band's Visit' 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Jacob “Kujo” Lyons sculpts her like Pygmalion perfecting his ideal woman, Mike Tyus drags her across the floor and Jonas himself lifts her as if she were a piece of furniture. Review: Jacob Jonas explored the tumult of human nature and the environment in a sublime performance - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z “Pretty Woman: The Musical,” a superficial Pygmalion salvaged as much as possible by its stars, is content to take this story straight to the bank. Review: 'Pretty Woman' and 'Head Over Heels' try oh-so-hard to revive beauty and the beat for Broadway 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z Both Google and Adecco recently launched investigations into the allegations of unpaid overtime in Pygmalion. 'A white-collar sweatshop': Google Assistant contractors allege wage theft 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z At the time, she was acting in George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” at Oslo’s National Theater. Inside an Oslo Home Immortalized by Edvard Munch 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z The tale, adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” — itself rooted in Greek myth — contained for him a vital management lesson. Wayne Bradshaw rose from humble beginnings to shepherd black banks through turmoil 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z In reviving "My Fair Lady" for 21st century sensibilities, Sher returns Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's fan-favorite musical to its source, George Bernard Shaw's scintillatingly smart comedy "Pygmalion." What 'My Fair Lady' and 'Carousel' bring to Broadway that 'Mean Girls' does not 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Sprinkled with shocking twists and sharply funny dialogue, this one sits at the thematic intersection of “American Buffalo,” “The Tempest” and “Pygmalion.” The 99-Seat Beat: French Stewart, 'Pinocchio' reimagined and 'Dorothy Parker UnScripted' 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z On Friday, 17 May, Adecco sent emails to current and former Pygmalion temps. 'A white-collar sweatshop': Google Assistant contractors allege wage theft 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Her work reads like must-know theater, including “As You Like It,” ”Pygmalion,” ”Medea,” ”Grapes of Wrath,” ”A Streetcar Named Desire,” ”Merchant of Venice” and “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Longtime costume designer leaves university, but not theater 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Pygmalion A British professor gives a Cockney flower girl a high-society makeover in George Bernard Shaw's classic satire. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Feb. 11-18: '4Play: Sex in a Series,' Patti LuPone and more 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z As The Post’s Sarah Booth Conroy wrote in 1981: “The plot proves once again that even fairy tales, classic English mysteries, and Pygmalion myths blanch before true life.” Perspective | Boundary Castle’s grande dame took a shine to young immigrant from Japan 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Make no mistake: If Trump and his would-be Pygmalion, Stephen K. Bannon, can’t sell their mix of cultural resentment and paranoia in Alabama, they will be hard-pressed to sell it anywhere. Opinion | Doug Jones’s victory should make Trump nervous 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z The mercurial Miss D also decided to play Pygmalion, grooming Sermak to become a young lady with the poise and discretion befitting her position. Book Review: Memoir is bittersweet farewell to Bette Davis 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z AT A recent BBC Proms concert, a French choir and orchestra named Pygmalion performed Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610, a baroque masterpiece. Authentic baroque performance is energising young performers and music students 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The sex robot’s earliest precursor was probably Galatea, the ivory statue created by Pygmalion in Greek mythology. The race to build the world’s first sex robot 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z As long ago as 1935, American science fiction writer Stanley G Weinbaum described something like virtual reality in a short story called Pygmalion’s Spectacles. The complete guide to virtual reality – everything you need to get started 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z He keeps them in the London of 1912, the year that George Bernard Shaw wrote “Pygmalion,” the play on which the musical is based. Review: A London Linguist Makes a Bet on ‘My Fair Lady’ at Sag Harbor 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z After watching the movie of Pygmalion five times and taking accent lessons, she was ready. Why Julie Andrews Had 'Misgivings' About 'My Fair Lady' 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Even more remarkably, Pygmalion is only one of many new groups specialising in baroque performance. Authentic baroque performance is energising young performers and music students 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z The campaign was a Pygmalion story that ended badly. This is how Ben Carson blew it: How the onetime GOP favorite fast became a 2016 afterthought 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z "He will be remembered as a gentle man, generous and kind, an unprecedented visionary, a modern Pygmalion, a Renaissance man," she said in a Facebook post. Singer Celine Dion's brother near death: newspaper 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The musical’s staging at the end, which borrows from the 1938 film version of “Pygmalion,” leaves the future of the Henry-Eliza relationship ambiguous. Review: A London Linguist Makes a Bet on ‘My Fair Lady’ at Sag Harbor 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Ovid says Pygmalion physically desired the statue – he “conceived a passion for his own creation”. Nicki Minaj and the ancient art of men having sex with statues 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, My Fair Lady tells the story of Cockney flower girl Doolittle who is transformed into an upper-class lady by linguistics professor Henry Higgins. Dame Julie Andrews to direct production of My Fair Lady - BBC News 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, My Fair Lady tells of the flower girl mentored by Professor Henry Higgins and transformed into a society lady. Julie Andrews to direct Sydney Opera House production of My Fair Lady 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z It was an updated version of the stage play Pygmalion from 1913, which was in turn adapted into the beloved musical My Fair Lady from 1956. Don't Remake 'She's All That,' Hollywood, Just Rip It Off 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z It’s a remake of My Fair Lady, so I guess Selfie is a kind of sitcom version of Pygmalion. Selfie the TV show is just as annoying as the real thing 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Ovid goes on to tell how Pygmalion kissed his statue and imagined her returning his kisses; how he dressed it up in jewellery and lingerie. Nicki Minaj and the ancient art of men having sex with statues 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z In the last year and a half, WiLL has become even more famous for being Miley Cyrus’s musical Pygmalion and reported paramour. Hip-Hop Producer Mike WiLL's Makeover of Miley Cyrus Was Only the Beginning 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z For its latest project — an adaptation of Rameau's Pygmalion performed amidst wax statues and mannequins — it tested a new kind of translation, projected not on a wall but on the lens of Google Glass. I turned Google Glass into opera glasses 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The remake of “Pygmalion” is a comedy called “Selfie,” slated for 8 p.m. More Shonda Rhimes for ABC, Plus a Partnership With ESPN 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Besides this, there was a highly successful West End run in Shaw's Man and Superman, Pygmalion on Broadway and work for Dublin's Abbey and Gaiety theatres. Obituary: Peter O'Toole 2013-12-15T19:37:18Z And then, like Pygmalion to Galatea, he will win the love of his creation. Was Alfred Hitchcock Psycho? 2012-11-25T05:25:00Z No cause was given, though Mr. Ward had been receiving medical treatment since May 2011, when illness forced him to drop out of rehearsals for a London stage production of Shaw’s “Pygmalion.” Simon Ward, Star of ‘Young Winston,’ Dies at 70 2012-07-24T02:53:09Z Despite being advertised as "Pygmalion for Glass Explorers," most people weren’t actually wearing Google Glass. I turned Google Glass into opera glasses 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z It is based on the supposedly “happy ending” of the 1938 movie version of George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” from which the musical is drawn. | Long Island: A Review of ‘My Fair Lady,’ at the Gateway Playhouse 2012-06-16T03:30:12Z He admired the hands in Rodin's work, especially that of the sculptor in his Pygmalion:—"the tenderness of that hand!" he said. Immortal Youth A Study in the Will to Create 2012-04-03T02:00:30.247Z Statue loved by Pygmalion, who prays Venus to give it life, 121. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Perhaps Pygmalion himself fell down and adored his flushed and breathing statue, thinking her, with artist-reverence, nothing less than a transformation of Venus Urania. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z Pygmalion for Glass showed at the Lifestyle-Trimco Mannequin Showroom, with a conventional supertitle production at Madame Tussauds. I turned Google Glass into opera glasses 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z We saw above that the people of Tyre are said to have transferred the rule to Pygmalion. The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z But for the fire of that soul would this expected Pygmalion suffice? Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z When completed, Pygmalion admired it still more, deemed it too beautiful to remain inanimate, and besought Venus to give it life, stating that he wished a wife just like it. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z A hundred years ago a famous story called Pygmalion was written by George Bernard Shaw, about a young lady called Eliza Doolittle - not the pop star, a different one! Children taught to speak clearly 2012-02-24T09:12:24Z Pygmalion mourns his own success; Was ever such strange wretchedness? The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z Nor have the gods retained Such power as once informed and rendered vital The cryptic irresponsiveness of stone,— That statue which Pygmalion made and loved. The Star-Treader and other poems 2011-12-27T03:00:09.977Z Ms. Avedon’s career has a “Pygmalion” aspect that befits midcentury Hollywood, the milieu into which her dark good looks eventually propelled her. Doe Avedon, Fashion Model and Actress, Dies at 86 2011-12-23T05:58:54Z Pygmalion’s delight at seeing his fair image a living and breathing maiden was unbounded, and after a short but passionate wooing the object of his affections became his happy wife. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z And again, justly, he says, speaking of Pygmalion, who killed Sichaeus: "And blinded with the love of gold, he slew him unawares with stealthy sword." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z For thee, Pygmalion, Venus sends These triumphs which thy chisel lends, To punish thee, for that no love Erewhile thy obstinate heart might move. The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z Adelgunda was one of the most beautiful creatures ever moulded by the great Master's hand, and one on whom He might deign to look with the same paternal complacency as Pygmalion looked on his Galathea. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. I (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:28.357Z The statue which Pygmalion wrought was a beautiful woman, and even the sculptor himself fell in love with her. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Pygmalion, King of Cyprus, was a very celebrated sculptor. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Pygmalion, the King of Tyre, in order that he might seize treasures of gold and silver, killed his sister's husband, a priest, taking no account of either kinship or religion. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Grief for work his hands have done Harroweth Pygmalion; Happy reach of art! yet he The artificer, unhappily, 270 He feels the wounds: what deals the blow? The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) 2012-01-14T03:00:20.483Z We may imagine Mr. Swinburne making a very clever poem of this story of "Pygmalion," but we cannot fancy him making it anything less than utterly disagreeable. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z The Goddess spoke, and thus Gambolia pray'd: Permit to join in brave Pygmalion's aid, O'er each deep road the hero to sustain, And guide his ball to the desired plain. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z Mamma told me once of a man in Greece, called Pygmalion, who made a marble doll for himself, and loved it so dearly that it grew warm and came to life. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Mr. Gilbert’s Pygmalion is married to a woman whom he loves, and who sits to him as a model. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Others were quite furious about the "phlegmatic virtue of this Pygmalion's statue." Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z The finest and sweetest poem in the volume, to our taste, is the tale of "Pygmalion and the Image." Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Next in his turn Pygmalion strikes the globe; On the upper half descends the erring club; Along the green the ball confounded scours; No lofty flight the ill-sped stroke impow'rs. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z Suppose it were to come to life, like Pygmalion's statue of Galatea? For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z Thus it comes that Pygmalion’s feeling upon first noting the aspect of the living statue is not rapture but wonder, a sort of religious awe, the exaltation of a lofty and intellectual paternity. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z After her father's death, her brother Pygmalion murdered her husband Sicharbas, or as Virgil calls him Sych�us, with the view of obtaining his wealth. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z Instead of fruitlessly playing Pygmalion, focus on enjoying your journey together. Economix: The Case for Having More Children 2011-04-07T13:00:29Z A mighty blow Pygmalion then lets fall, Straight from th' impulsive engine starts the ball, Answ'ring its master's just design, it hastes, And from the hole scarce twice two clubs' length rests. Poems on Golf 2011-09-08T02:00:19.780Z That is why she was sorry that Pygmalion, the King of Greece, was so hardhearted. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z But Gilbert never soared so high either in his philosophy or in his art as in Pygmalion and Galatea. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z No drapery veiled its charms; and so uncommon was its beauty, that it inflamed with a violent passion another Pygmalion. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Here, beneath Italy's laurels and myrtles, I was Pygmalion; but it was no cold marble that I folded in my arms. Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z Much impatience was expressed for the next entertainment, which was Rouseau's Pygmalion. A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z Pygmalion was proud of his work and as he admired it Venus put a better feeling into his heart. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Pygmalion: “That time must come, may be, not yet awhile, Still it must come, and we shall all return To the cold earth from which we quarried thee.” The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Like Pygmalion, I fell in love with a face that I sculptured last year. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 This feeling was no less cerebral and intellectual than it had been: she was no Galatea waiting her Pygmalion. The Valiants of Virginia Probably the worthy nobleman lacked many qualities essential to a Pygmalion. The Children of the World Its pallor changed to the color of life, and Galatea opened her eyes and smiled at Pygmalion. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Galatea was impersonated by Madge Robertson, the young sister of the dramatist, then in the flower of her twenty-second year; and Kendal, whose wife she was soon to be, was Pygmalion. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z No. III. was written after seeing Miss Marion Terry perform in Mr. Gilbert’s play of “Pygmalion and Galatea.” Rhyme? And Reason? And now my friend Pygmalion had been spurned by his statue come to life and was picking up shattered heroes, that he might forget. A Top-Floor Idyl Pygmalion, big, "little," mallein, "mule," the little mule, or person of a low stature and obstinate disposition. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 Pygmalion was a sculptor as well as a king, and so skilled with clay and marble that he was able to mould likenesses of the beings of Mount Olympus, even. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Galatea learns the right which another woman possesses to Pygmalion, the thousand shackles by which men are content to limit their slender liberty and to diminish their fugitive enjoyments. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z I should not be at all surprised to hear that Galatea saw to it that Pygmalion never made another statue. The Intelligence of Woman Hazlitt resided in Southampton Buildings when he fell in love with the tailor's daughter and wrote that most stultifying confession of his vanity and weakness, "The New Pygmalion." Old and New London Volume I So to Eve's daughters would Pygmalion seek, Won by sweet hopes and promises of good And beauty, such as emblem'd to him still The end accomplish'd of aspiring thirst— Essence and grace materialized. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems Pygmalion laid his hand upon his statue to see if it were living or not. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z She asks Myrine, Pygmalion’s sister, for an explanation of all these things. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z It is true that Pygmalion was an artist, and these are proverbially difficult husbands: after an hour's work an artist will "sneer, backbite and speak daggers." The Intelligence of Woman Hazlitt chose, in the strange book called the 'New Pygmalion,' or 'Liber Amoris,' to invite the British public at large to look on at a strange tragi-comedy, of which the last scene was scarcely finished. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The heart clings fondly to the last faint hope That bindeth still the once dear to its love, Rejecting credence whilst a doubt remains, And so Pygmalion. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems Pygmalion gave Galatea the presents that a young girl of Greece loved, bright shells and polished stones, birds in golden cages, flowers of many colors, beads, and amber. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Love for Pygmalion—a blighting sin, His love a shame that he must hide away. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z What hope Pygmalion yet might have, when he First left the pillars of the dreamy place, Amid such sights had vanished utterly. The Earthly Paradise A Poem In the evening I go to see the amateurs play "Pygmalion and Galatea." Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) Pygmalion's prayer breathed life into the stone, But see yon graceful girl, with straitened zone And statuesque still bearing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 Pygmalion, returning to his home one day, touched his statue and the ivory felt soft and yielded to his fingers as if it had been wax. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z These saw Pygmalion, and the age beheld “With crimes o'er-run; the shameful vice abhorr'd “Which lavish nature gave their female souls. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Pygmalion, come to me, O dear companion of my new-found life, For I am called thy lover and thy wife. The Earthly Paradise A Poem No miniature Galatea half hewn out of the block of humanity, waiting for the chisel of a composite Pygmalion. Turn About Eleanor She has labored hard To mould a bust or statue; but the clay Lacked the Pygmalion touch beneath her hands. The Woman Who Dared "Pygmalion loved his Galatea," said one of the songs. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Pygmalion stares “In admiration; and his breast draws flames “From the feign'd body: oft his hands his work “Approach, if ivory or if flesh to judge; “Nor ivory then will he confess the form. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II Pygmalion received his Galatea," said Alfred: "yes, that's what they said in the wedding song. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales I do not know that the late Sir William Gilbert was a great student of literature—of classical literature, to judge from the nomenclature of Pygmalion and Galatea mentioned above, he certainly was not. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 "Pygmalion got his Galathea" was a line in one of the songs. The Sand-Hills of Jutland Were it not for the tightly clinging garments, the pair would have provided a charming representation of Galatea in stone and Galatea after Pygmalion's frenzy had warmed her into life. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Before Galatea could wed Pygmalion, she had to change from marble into glowing flesh and blood, and step down from off her pedestal. The Mistress of Shenstone "Pygmalion received his Galatea," so one of the songs said. kala's bust. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales When it was drawing near ten, Miss Chandos brought the proceedings to a close by animating—like Pygmalion—her waxwork statues. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis I had never heard of Pygmalion and his statue. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood I take away many delightful memories of my evening with Pygmalion, and, best of all, the picture of Sir Herbert's frank and childlike pleasure at having discovered Mr. Bernard Shaw. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 It is the love of a poet—a Pygmalion who loves his own creation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers What, is there none of Pygmalion’s images, newly made woman, to be had now, for putting the hand in the pocket and extracting it clutched? Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Galatea—Pygmalion's statue, given life by Venus in the ancient Grecian myth. Pygmalion's Spectacles “Give me my Galatea,” he dared not say; but Aphrodite knew well the words he would fain have uttered, and smiled to think how Pygmalion at last was on his knees. A Book of Myths Pygmalion's hoarded wealth is borne overseas; a woman leads the work. The Aeneid of Virgil Even in the sawdust of a mythological dictionary the stories of Atalanta, Narcissus, Pygmalion, Orpheus and Eurydice, Phaethon, Medusa keep their magic. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Pygmalion: in Greek mythology a sculptor who made such a beautiful statue of a woman that he fell in love with it, whereupon in answer to his prayer the goddess Aphrodite gave it life. The Short-story But his Galatea, warm and lovely and vital, must remain forever without the gift of life, since he was neither Pygmalion nor God. Pygmalion's Spectacles In days when the world was young and when the gods walked on the earth, there reigned over the island of Cyprus a sculptor-king, and king of sculptors, named Pygmalion. A Book of Myths But the kingdom of Tyre was in her brother Pygmalion's hands, a monster of guilt unparalleled. The Aeneid of Virgil Pygmalion prayed the gods to give life to the image he adored: I will not pray them to give marble to mine. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Come, come— Pygmalion and Prometheus dwell within you! The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) Her need of him indeed was utter—she had no soul until he touched her into life: it is the very Pygmalion and Galatea. Browning's Heroines Perhaps Aphrodite may have smiled sometimes to watch Pygmalion, once the scorner of women, the adoring servant of the woman that his own hands had first designed. A Book of Myths Fell in loue with these, As did Pygmalion with his carvèd tree. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The most remarkable piece that he produced was his comedy "Pygmalion" in 1775. A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present I am very glad to know That both our tastes agree so perfectly; Why, my Pygmalion, I did not think That aught could be more beautiful than thou, Till I behold myself. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The "Briar Rose" series, "Laus Veneris," the "Golden Stairs," the "Pygmalion" series, and "The Mirror of Venus" are among the works planned and completed, or carried far towards completion, during these years. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" There are no after tales of Pygmalion and Galatea. A Book of Myths The former could not be known to Pygmalion, but the latter might, as Virgil speaks of it in his Georgics, ii. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 She flushed into vivid life as the marble Galatea incardinated under Pygmalion's kiss. The Stowaway Girl Send me not hence Pygmalion; let me stay. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform I am no Pygmalion that I can make an Emperor by breathing prayers before pages of statistics. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Behold what hap Pygmalion had to frame And carve his proper grief upon a stone! Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles Delia - Diana In smaller compass lies Pygmalion's fame; Not domes, but antique statues, are his flame: Not Fountaine's self more Parian charms has known, Nor is good Pembroke more in love with stone. The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 Like Pygmalion, he had found the marble grow warm and human beneath his caress; he was still bewildered by the wonder of it, and mad with a sense of triumph. The Mayor of Warwick Oh, let my voice Be to Pygmalion as Cynisca's voice, And he will live—for her and not for me— Yet he will live. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Pygmalion congratulates the statue upon the fact that he carved it, instead of being lost in the love of creating. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View The Pygmalions of modern days do not require to beseech Aphrodite to animate the world for them. Nature Mysticism Some ships at hand, chance-anchored in the bay, They seize and load them with the costly freight, And far off o'er the deep is borne away 424 Pygmalion's hoarded pelf. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor And perhaps too, the poor girl had thought rightly, for there exist among true artists singular Pygmalions who, contrary to the original one, would like to turn their living Galateas to marble. Bohemians of the Latin Quarter Farewell, Pygmalion, I am not fit To live upon this world—this worthy world. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Pygmalion loved into life the cold marble which his hand had shaped, and thus did Van Dyck love his pictures into being. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters Again, the reference to the Pygmalion myth implies the view that mythology was a mere empty product of untutored fancy and imaginative subjectivism. Nature Mysticism Then verily if that be possible, Pygmalion's cold beauty were no longer a fable; and I should turn sculptor. Infelice Some denied her even allegorical existence, and deemed her a mere phantom beauty, with which the poet had fallen in love, like Pygmalion with the work of his own creation. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch Scene: Pygmalion's studio; several classical statues are placed about the room; at the back a cabinet containing a statue of Galatea, before which curtains are drawn concealing the statue. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Salle danced in her own choregraphic invention of "Pygmalion," since which time it has been popular in England, when those of the first class can be obtained. The Dance (by An Antiquary) Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. The story of Pygmalion who fell in love with the statue he had himself sculptured is as false as it is tasteless. Ancient Art and Ritual I have been struck and charmed with some things in the 'Companion'—especially, may I say, with the 'Modern Pygmalion,' which catches me on my weak side of the love of wonder. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II She was not a chatterer; she worked or stood, almost as silent as a master painter's subtle picture stepped out of its frame, or as Pygmalion's statue-maid, flushing with life, but as yet tongue-holden. Foes Pygmalion's heard that he must lose his wife, And swears, by all the gods that reign above, He will not live if she deserts him now! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform I suppose Pygmalion’s statue was some frozen Canadian gentlewoman, and a sudden warm day thawed her. The History of Emily Montague There, with tears and kisses, he swore never to forsake his beloved wife; and said he felt more blessed than the Greek sculptor Pygmalion, whose beautiful statue dame Venus transformed into a living woman. Famous Stories Every Child Should Know With strong passions in a feeble frame, he had duped his imagination that, like another Pygmalion, he would create a woman by his own art. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions It was Galatea whose image Pygmalion created and whom Venus brought to life. The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney Characters: Pygmalion, an Athenian sculptor; Cynisca, his wife; Galatea, an animated statue. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Pygmalion put Sichæus to death in order that he might have an opportunity to seize his immense treasures, but Dido eluded her brother's cruel avarice, by secretly conveying away her deceased husband's possessions. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens A young Pygmalion, I adored The maids I made—but time was stored With evil—and it came! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood But the statue of Arthur's Pygmalion would never live. Trumps XXV Compare me to Pygmalion with his image sotted, For, as was he, even so am I deceived. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris Hush, my Pygmalion! the gods are good, And they have made thee nearer unto them Than other men; this is ingratitude! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Gilbert’s mythological comedy, ‘Pygmalion and Galatea,’ has, moreover, been spoken of as one of the actress’ chief successes, and a crowded house on Saturday evening was the result of the announcement of its revival. Mary Anderson Now the brother of this Sichæus was Pygmalion, the king of the country, and he exceeded all men in wickedness. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) He paused at a drawing of Pygmalion and his statue. Trumps The denouement comes when they are cut out by "Ye rising Minnows"—an American sculptor—one Pygmalion F. Minnow—whose wife was twice as beautiful as Mrs. Spratt. George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians The thing is but a statue after all, And I am safe in leaving thee with her; Farewell, Pygmalion, till I return. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform “The revival of ‘Pygmalion and Galatea’ at the Lyceum on Saturday last, with Miss Mary Anderson in the part of the animated statue, excited considerable interest and drew together a large and enthusiastic audience. Mary Anderson Then did they seize ships that chanced to be ready and laded them with gold, even the treasure of King Pygmalion, and so fled across the sea. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Nay,—then for you she underwent eclipse, Appeared as alien As once, before he prayed, those ivory lips Seemed to Pygmalion. Reviews That is a sketch," she said mechanically, "by Burne-Jones, for one of the Pygmalion and Galatea series. The Mating of Lydia Let me speak, Pygmalion; Give me thy hand—both hands—how soft and warm! Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The first long speech at the conclusion of which she kneels to Pygmalion was beautifully rendered, and elicited a burst of applause, which was repeated at intervals throughout the evening. Mary Anderson Pygmalion shall try if he cannot fashion a better, certainly a bigger.—I am sad to hear that Sterling sails again for his health. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Truly he wrought with cunning nice; For thy beauty, above nature's best, Passeth Pygmalion's artifice; Nor Aristotle the lore possessed To depict in words so fair device. The Pearl "Pygmalion had only just made her—there had been no time to dress her." The Mating of Lydia Indeed, Pygmalion; then it is wrong To think that one is exquisitely fair? Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform She wants to be classical and severe, and her last cry to Pygmalion, instead of being the utterance of a tortured soul, is ‘monotonous and hollow as a ghost’s.’ Mary Anderson With force of Will, Pygmalion carved his soul dream into the marble until its loveliness of form and grace became so real as to take on life and motion. Supreme Personality At last, like Pygmalion, you demand from your dolls the final perfection of resemblance to life. Back to Methuselah The Berlin critics have been accusing Mr. Bernard Shaw of having committed in his 'Pygmalion,' produced in Germany the other day, a plagiarism from Smollett's novel, 'Peregrine Pickle.' Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914 Why, then I'm satisfied, Pygmalion; Thy wife and I can start on equal terms. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform “Since ‘Pygmalion and Galatea’ was produced at the Haymarket Theater, fully a dozen years ago, when the part of Galatea was created by Mrs. Kendal, quite a number of actresses have essayed the character. Mary Anderson I can imagine that Pygmalion felt about Galatea as I felt that first hour in the Acropolis. As Seen By Me Pygmalion, seeing what is happening, hurls himself on the Female Figure and wrenches the stone out of her hand. Back to Methuselah In her whiteness, and her constrained, pang-thwarted motions from side to side, she looked like a form of marble in the agonies of coming to life at the prayer of some Pygmalion. Paul Faber, Surgeon And yet there is one chance, but one alone; I'll see Cynisca, and prevail on her To meet Pygmalion but once again. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Pygmalion, king of Cyprus, is said to have fallen in love with an ivory statue of a maiden he had himself made, and to have prayed Aphrodité to breathe life into it. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge O blest Pygmalion—blest art thou— It melts, it glows, thy marble now! Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 Have those two horrors, whose ashes I have just deposited with peculiar pleasure in poor Pygmalion's dustbin, not cured you of this silly image-making! Back to Methuselah I warrant thee; sit down by me, and kiss again,—She warms faster than Pygmalion's image. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 And happier still Pygmalion, who can gaze, At will, upon so beautiful a face. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Here an arm seemed just reaching out from the rough block of marble; here a sweet face seemed like Pygmalion's statue, coming into life. Lives of Girls Who Became Famous The city being advantageously situated for commerce, and the rule of Dido more mild than that of Pygmalion, her brother, hundreds of the Tyrians flocked to her standard. Woman: Man's Equal There are two of Pygmalion's pupils at the laboratory who helped him to manufacture the bones and tissues and all the rest of it. Back to Methuselah Truly, if Pygmalion stole his fire to warm such a form as this, Jove should have pardoned him. Views a-foot Had the old fable of Pygmalion a truth in it, then? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Every genius is more or less a Pygmalion, and his own imagination is the Aphrodite that gives life to the Galateas that he carves. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 King Pygmalion is only remembered because he was the brother of the illustrious Queen Dido. Woman: Man's Equal Carry Pygmalion into the temple; and dispose of his remains in the usual way. Back to Methuselah In the same way I must agree to what you say of Rousseau's Pygmalion. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes But it seems to me horrible, as it did to Pygmalion, to be enamoured of anything which cannot return your love, but is, as it were, your puppet. Phaethon The Story seems to be taken from that of Pygmalion and the Statue in Ovid: Some of the Thoughts are of the same Turn, and the whole is written in a kind of Poetical Prose. The Spectator, Volume 2. It appeared under the title, "A Modern Pygmalion." Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine It will take less than half a second to reduce our poor Pygmalion to a pinch of dust. Back to Methuselah What wonder if the marble warm and waken and throb to quick life beneath the passion of Pygmalion's kiss? Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 "Who would have looked for a modern Pygmalion in the person of a Yankee mechanic!" Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories This, after some pondering, I concluded to represent Pygmalion, as he awaited the quickening of his statue. Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women They seize a fleet, which ready rigg'd they find; Nor is Pygmalion's treasure left behind. The Aeneid English I modelled them out of the stuff Pygmalion made for them. Back to Methuselah Pygmalion formed an ivory maid, and longed for an informing soul. Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman Pygmalion, as we all know, first departed from the rigid outline of ancient sculpture, and impressed life and motion upon marble. Philothea A Grecian Romance As Pygmalion loved Galatea: it was for them a lover in marble and they waited for the breath of life to animate that breast, for the blood to color those veins. The Confession of a Child of the Century Now there once lived in Cyprus a young sculptor, Pygmalion by name, who thought nothing on earth so beautiful as the white marble folk that live without faults and never grow old. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew You are responsible for them, now that Pygmalion has gone. Back to Methuselah Whenever Pygmalion found fault, she had always the retort ready: 'At least I am exactly what you chose to make me.' The Pagans But thanks to Pygmalion of Cyprus, we now have the visible impress of every passion carved in stone. Philothea A Grecian Romance In one, the story of Pygmalion compressed and Yankeefied, yet rendered additionally lovely by its homeliness; and the essence of all artistic life, in the other, presented in a form that cannot be surpassed. A Study of Hawthorne But it chanced that Pygmalion fell to work upon an ivory statue of a maiden, so lovely that it must have moved to envy every breathing creature that came to look upon it. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Pygmalion, with the smile of a simpleton, and the eager confidence of a fanatical scientist, climbs awkwardly on to the altar. Back to Methuselah This land is Libya, but the town is Tyrian, founded by Dido, who fled hither from her brother Pygmalion, who had secretly murdered her husband, Sichaeus, for his gold. National Epics Pygmalion," he began slowly, "turned his statue into a real woman; I turned my real woman into a picture. Crucial Instances The idea has been derived from the fable of the Greek sculptor Pygmalion whose statue came to life. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Now the festival of Venus was at hand, and Pygmalion, like all who loved Beauty, joined the worshippers. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Pygmalion is going to shew you a pair of human creatures who are all reflexes and nothing else. Back to Methuselah Kedzie sat in a marble expectancy, Galatea watching Pygmalion create her and prepare to bring her to life. We Can't Have Everything The play was "Pygmalion and Galatea," and at the appearance of Galatea they knew that the overture had not lied. Young Lives The allusion is to the Pygmalion who was Dido's brother, and who murdered her husband, the priest Sichæus, for his riches. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 At length Pygmalion himself approached the altar and made his prayer. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew The three bodies are carried out as directed, Pygmalion into the temple by his bare arms and legs, and the two Figures through the grove by their clothes. Back to Methuselah In the Pygmalion, a lyrical scene, he has made an effort equally vain, to represent the impassioned eloquence of Jean Jaques Rousseau. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives This is certainly poetically expressed; but there was more true love in Pygmalion’s passion for his statue, and in the Parisian maiden’s adoration of the Apollo. The Life of Lord Byron He was a Pygmalion, whose statue had become a woman. Miss Ludington's Sister Doubting his senses, yet fearing to reassure himself, Pygmalion kissed the statue. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew If Pygmalion had come to me, I should have made ancients of them for him. Back to Methuselah A song of love, sweet Philomel, Soon carolled through the grove; The streamlet, as it murmuring fell, Discoursed of naught but love, Pygmalion! The Poems of Schiller — First period But in a dream the ghost of Sichaeus appeared to Dido and told her of the wicked deed of Pygmalion. Story of Aeneas Poets say, Pygmalion was punished for the hatred he bore to women with the love he had to a statue. Hudibras As soon as I came to town to-day Le Texier called on me, and told me he has miscarried of Pygmalion. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 They look on anxiously as Martellus kneels down and examines the body of Pygmalion. Back to Methuselah Pygmalion bowed before his masterpiece— And Zeus now worships his own Semele! The Poems of Schiller — First period Replacing the "Pygmalion" book on the table whence I had taken it, I made my way upstairs, thinking as I went of Zara and her strange request, and wondering what journey she was going upon. A Romance of Two Worlds Suppose she did Pygmalion and Galatea what would she say first? Ulysses She moves as gracefully slow as Pygmalion's statue when it was Coming to life, and moves her leg round as imperceptibly as if she was dancing in the zodiac. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 Pygmalion, why come you not to awaken thy Galatea? Frederick the Great and His Court Galatea never does quite like Pygmalion: his relation to her is too godlike to be altogether agreeable. Pygmalion Unlike Pygmalion's fable, the more Bellina writes, the more petrified Goethe becomes, the more glacial his letters. Balzac We cannot eat the grapes of Apelles or embrace the Galatea of Pygmalion; we cannot rescue Ophelia or enlighten Juliet; and of impulse to interfere, to connect the scene with ourselves, we have none. The Psychology of Beauty The story of Pygmalion points to a ceremony of a sacred marriage in which the king wedded the image of Aphrodite, or rather of Astarte. The Golden Bough Dido was the daughter of Belus, king of Tyre, and sister of Pygmalion who succeeded his father on the throne. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable I wish to boast that Pygmalion has been an extremely successful play all over Europe and North America as well as at home. Pygmalion It was really like a realization of the old theme of Pygmalion’s statue. The Lady of the Shroud Besides his daughter, he had left behind him a son, Pygmalion, who, at his decease, was but eight or nine years old. History of Phoenicia The story of Pygmalion and his statue is as natural as it is poetical. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ Schiller, in his poem, the Ideals, applies this tale of Pygmalion to the love of nature in a youthful heart. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable As will be seen later on, Pygmalion needs, not a preface, but a sequel, which I have supplied in its due place. Pygmalion Sarrasine devoured with his eyes what seemed to him Pygmalion's statue descended from its pedestal. Sarrasine Elisa and her husband retired into private life, and lived in peace for seven years, but Pygmalion, being then grown to manhood, was not content to leave them any longer unmolested. History of Phoenicia I saw her turn pink, perfect statue that she was—a miracle that I share with Pygmalion only. Roads of Destiny Morris tells the story of Pygmalion and the Image in some of the most beautiful verses of the Earthly Paradise. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Pygmalion Higgins is not a portrait of Sweet, to whom the adventure of Eliza Doolittle would have been impossible; still, as will be seen, there are touches of Sweet in the play. Pygmalion What, is there none of Pygmalion's images, newly made woman, to be had now, for putting the hand in the pocket and extracting it clutched? Measure for Measure For me, another Pygmalion, the maiden with the hues of life and the living voice was to become a form of inanimate marble. The Magic Skin |
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