Pygmalion Act IIII
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The trio return to Higgins' Wimpole Street laboratory, exhausted from the night's
happenings. They talk about the evening and their great success, though Higgins seems
rather bored, more concerned with his inability to find slippers. While he talks
absentmindedly with Pickering, Eliza slips out, returns with his slippers, and lays them on
the floor before him without a word. When he notices them, he thinks that they appeared
out of nowhere. Higgins and Pickering begin
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One reason is that most theatrical productions do not have the capacity to stage an opulent, luxurious ball just for a short scene. But another reason is that Shaw's intention is to rob the story of its romance. We are spared the actual training of Eliza as well as her moment of glory (that is, both the science and the magic); instead, all we get is scenes of her pre- and post- the dramatic climax.
One reason is that most theatrical productions do not have the capacity to stage an opulent, luxurious ball just for a short scene. But another reason is that Shaw's intention is to rob the story of its romance. We are spared the actual training of Eliza as well as her moment of glory (that is, both the science and the magic); instead, all we get is scenes of her pre- and post- the dramatic climax.