{"id":58279,"date":"2024-10-23T14:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=58279"},"modified":"2024-10-23T14:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:54:24","slug":"batavia-opening-on-friday-at-main-st-56-theater-pygmalion-a-five-act-play-exploring-social-classes-identity-and-the-purpose-of-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/23\/batavia-opening-on-friday-at-main-st-56-theater-pygmalion-a-five-act-play-exploring-social-classes-identity-and-the-purpose-of-language\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Opening on Friday at Main St. 56 Theater-Pygmalion-A five-act play exploring social classes, identity and the purpose of language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Directed by: E. Jane Burk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7:30PM
Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26<\/strong>
2:00PM
Sunday, October 27<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pygmalion is a five-act play that explores themes of social classes, identity, the purpose of (and the sometimes unexpected response to)… language. The play is about a phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, who has made a bet with his friend Col. Pickering that he can transform a Cockney flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, into a refined lady in 6 months so she can pass as a Duchess in high society. Eliza undergoes a grueling training in the process but is eventually successful… but there is an unexpected conclusion to the story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Link to tickets: Batavia Players Presents: Pygmalion<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Directed by: E. Jane Burk 7:30PMFriday, October 25 and Saturday, October 262:00PMSunday, October 27 Pygmalion is a five-act play that explores themes of social classes, identity, the purpose of (and the sometimes unexpected response to)… language. The play is about a phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, who has made a bet \u2026<\/p>\n

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