Pygmalion

1913 play by George Bernard Shaw
VisualArtwork dramatic_work Q637200
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Pygmalion

Summary

Pygmalion is a dramatic work[1]. Pygmalion ranks in the top 5% of dramatic_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,786 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pygmalion authored George Bernard Shaw[3].
  • Pygmalion was influenced by Henry Sweet[4].
  • Pygmalion's instance of is recorded as dramatic work[5].
  • Pygmalion's genre is romantic comedy[6].
  • Pygmalion's genre is comedy[7].
  • Pygmalion followed Androcles and the Lion[8].
  • Pygmalion's Commons category is recorded as Pygmalion (Shaw)[9].
  • Pygmalion's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Pygmalion's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • 1912 marks the founding of Pygmalion[12].
  • Pygmalion was published on 1913[13].
  • Pygmalion's characters is recorded as Eliza Doolittle[14].
  • Pygmalion's characters is recorded as Henry Higgins[15].
  • Pygmalion's characters is recorded as Alfred P. Doolittle[16].
  • Pygmalion's characters is recorded as Colonel Hugh Pickering[17].
  • Pygmalion's characters is recorded as Freddy Eynsford-Hill[18].
  • Pygmalion's has edition or translation is recorded as Pigmalione[19].
  • Pygmalion's narrative location is recorded as London[20].
  • Pygmalion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pygmalion (Shaw)[21].
  • Pygmalion and Galatea inspired Pygmalion[22].
  • Pygmalion's date of first performance is recorded as October 16, 1913[23].
  • Pygmalion's topic has template is recorded as Template:Pygmalion[24].
  • Pygmalion's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pygmalion'}[25].
  • Pygmalion's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Romance in Five Acts'}[26].
  • Pygmalion's different from is recorded as Pygmalion[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 65299b67-16b1-43fa-a5a1-c7d6bcb516ec[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Pygmalion authored George Bernard Shaw[3].

Publication

Pygmalion was published on 1913[13]. Pygmalion's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include romantic comedy[6] and comedy[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Pygmalion and Galatea inspired Pygmalion[22]. Pygmalion followed Androcles and the Lion[8].

Why It Matters

Pygmalion ranks in the top 5% of dramatic_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,786 views/month).[2] Pygmalion has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Pygmalion is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] . gutenberg.org. gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author George Bernard Shaw
    Inception +1912-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Influenced by Henry Sweet
    Form of creative work play
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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