Pygmalion

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

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Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and Doolittle grow close, but she ultimately rejects his domineering ways and declares she will marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill – a young, poor, gentleman. - The play was later the basis for the successful movie adaptation "My Fair Lady" with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza and Rex Harrison as Prof. Higgins. (Summary by Wikipedia/Gesine)

Cast list:

Narrator – Kirsten Ferreri & Mary Anderson

The Daughter / Miss Clara Eynsford Hill – Susie G.

The Mother / Mrs Eynsford Hill – Gesine

A Bystander – Peter Yearsley

Freddy Eynsford Hill – ianish

The Flower Girl / Liza Doolittle – Kristin Hughes

A Gentleman / Captain Pickering – Martin Clifton

The Note Taker / Professor Henry Higgins – Alex Foster

A Sarcastic Bystander – Peter Yearsley

Mrs Pearce – Christiane Levesque

Alfred Doolittle – David Barnes

Mrs Higgins – Larysa Jaworski

Parlour-Maid – Linda Wilcox

Director/File editor – David Lawrence

PublisherLibriVox
LanguageEnglish
CopyrightPublic Domain (1916)