Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
9095
AUTHOR:
George Bernard Shaw
QUOTATION:
If Pygmalion is not good enough for your friends with its own verbal music, their talent must be altogether extraordinary.
ATTRIBUTION:
Postcard dismissing proposal to make a musical version of Pygmalion; after Shaw’s death his estate granted rights to the play, which became the successful musical My Fair Lady, recalled on death of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, Time 21 Jul 86
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Theater: Playwrights, Producers & Directors
