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This duality is brought out with all the more force in the "simple-stage" version of the play, which is as it was originally written, and as the Lyric Stage, not surprisingly, chooses to present it. In this pared-down form (Shaw himself later added material for cinematic purposes), we don't see Eliza actually learning to speak; we don't see her triumph at the Embassy reception; we don't see Higgins' nominal rival, Freddy, at all after the third act. What we do see are the progressive stages of the awakening of a human being, measured against...
...tale quality of the story with gloriously Shavian wit. But as a drama of human relations, it's much more frustrating and far less palatable than many of the playwright's other works (the fourth act, when done with enough punch, is one of the most brutally painful scenes Shaw ever wrote). As a mentor figure, Henry Higgins is less like the savvy, kindly Caesars and Captain Bluntschlis and more akin to another recurring type of Shavian male protagonist: the loquacious, self-enamored big baby who needs to learn, not teach. However, unlike Jack Tanner and Reverend Morell, Higgins learns...
Bishops Thomas Shaw and Barbara Harris will deliver several speeches exploring the nature of prayer and social action to members of the Harvard community at Phillip Brooks House (PBH) in October...
...Shaw has served as a superior to the Society of St. John the Evangelist and chaplain to the House of Bishops. Harris is known as the first woman bishop in the Anglican Communion...
...bishops will initially deliver a joint address on Oct. 15, 1997. Shaw will speak again on Oct. 22, followed by Harris...