Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw that tells the story of Henry Higgins, a phonetics professor who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can transform the speech and manners of a poor flower girl named Eliza Doolittle and pass her off as a lady in high society. Along the way, he faces challenges from Eliza’s father, a dustman who wants to profit from his daughter’s education, and from his own feelings for Eliza, who grows more independent and assertive as she learns to speak like a lady. The play explores themes of language, class, identity, and love.

Language: English