Somehow he did convince PERSON@1 to give him the rights to his plays , beginning with Pygmalion -LRB- NUMBER@1 -RRB- , which was an enormous international hit , both critically and financially .

Somehow he did convince PERSON@1 to give him the rights to his plays , beginning with `` Pygmalion '' -LRB- NUMBER@1 -RRB- , which was an enormous international hit , both critically and financially .
