Mrs. Warren's Occupation

...The following plays were first performed in the 1960s. Since then, he has produced numerous plays, including "The Devil's Disciple" (1897), which satirizes heroism; "Mrs. Warren's Profession" (1902), which deals with the issue of prostitution; "Man and the Superman" (1905), which embodies the philosophy of vitality; "Caesar and Cleopatra" (1906), which mocks heroes; and "Saint Joan" (1923), which has Joan of Arc as the protagonist. "Pygmalion" (1913), in which a phonetician teaches upper-class speech and etiquette to a flower girl to turn her into a lady, was later made into a musical drama on Broadway in the United States, and then into a film, "My Fair Lady" (1964, directed by G. Cukor, won the Academy Award for Best Picture, among others).

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…以下初演)である。それ以後，ヒロイズムを風刺した《悪魔の弟子》(1897)，売春問題を扱った《ウォレン夫人の職業》(1902)，生命力の哲学を具体化させた《人と超人》(1905)，英雄を茶化した《シーザーとクレオパトラ》(1906)，ジャンヌ･ダルクを主人公にした《聖ジョーン》(1923)のほか，おびただしい数の戯曲を発表した。音声学者が花売り娘に上流階級の言葉づかい，礼儀作法を教えこんでレディに仕立てる《ピグマリオン》(1913)は，のちにアメリカで，ブロードウェーでのミュージカル･ドラマ化を経て，《マイ･フェア･レディ》(1964,G.キューカー監督，アカデミー作品賞ほかを受賞)として映画化された。…

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