"IMPROVING" SHAKESPEARE
George . Bernard.- Shaw'vhas ynitten * fifth'act to oiie 'of : Shake^eare's^playi — He.'wiil* not' say which "pl'ayV He' says:' ''Xou need-nbt altef Shake« speare's" first acts, ';but ' sometimes al the end one thinks.it. o.ver.ii , . Asked what he would say if.anyonl suggested altering one of- his ow® plays, ,Shaw | said: "Bless .you, it hau been done. There have been" attempta in 'Pygmalion,' to try to represent th« professor - as being in love With th# girl — a most horrible ' idea. "
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 190, 28 August 1937, Page 10
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