Buchara state university m. Bakoeva, E. Muratova, M. Ochilova english literature

group of 
“Plays Unpleasant” ; 
“Candida” (1898), “Arms and the
Man”, “The Man of Destiny”, “You Never Can Tell” - a group of
“Plays Pleasant”; 
“The Devil’s Disciple” (1901), “Caesar and
Cleopatra” (1901), “Captain Brassbound \s Conversion” - a group
“Three Plays for Puritans”. 
“Man and Superman” (1903), “John
Bull’s Other Island” 1906), “Major Barbara”( 1907), “Heartbreak
House” (1917), “Pygmalion” (1919), “Saint Joan”(l 923), “Back
to Methuselah” (1921), “The Apple Cart” (1930), “Too Good to
Be True” (1932), “On the Rocks” (1933) are other popular plays
written by Shaw. In these plays the author criticizes the vices of
the existing society. They also reveal human psychology as a prod­
uct of this society.
Shaw was convinced that modem plays should contain, along
with the traditional plot conflict and its resolution, what he called
“the discussion”, a consideration of important problems and sug­
gestions for their resolution.
“Pygmalion”
One of Shaw’s best comedies is “Pygmalion”, written in 1912
and first produced in England in 1914. lit was adapted into the

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musical “My Fair Lady” by Hollywood, in 1956. The title
“Pygmalion” comes from a Greek myth. Pygmalion, a sculptor,
carved a statue out o f ivory. It was the statue of a beautiful young
woman whom he called Galatea. He fell in love with his own
handiwork, so the goddess o f love Aphrodite breathed life into
the statue and transformed it into a really alive woman. The fable
was chosen to allow him to discuss the theme he had set himself.
The principal characters of the play are Eliza. Doolittle and