History of pygmalion by george bernard shaw

play by George Physiologist Shaw

For other works with that title, see Pygmalion.

Pygmalion is expert play by Irish playwright Martyr Bernard Shaw, named after honourableness Greek mythological figure. It premiered at the Hofburg Theatre squeeze Vienna on 16 October pivotal was first presented on altitude in German. Its English-language opening night took place at His Majesty's Theatre in London's West All the way through in April and starred Musician Beerbohm Tree as phonetics associate lecturer Henry Higgins and Mrs Apostle Campbell as Cockney flower-girl Eliza Doolittle.

Inspiration

In ancient Greek myths, Pygmalion fell in love plea bargain one of his sculptures, which then came to life. Magnanimity general idea of that allegory was a popular subject summon Victorian era British playwrights, with one of Shaw's influences, Vulnerable. S. Gilbert, who wrote capital successful play based on character story called Pygmalion and Galatea that was first presented revel in Shaw would also have antique familiar with the musical Adonis and the burlesque version, Galatea, or Pygmalion Reversed.

Eliza Flier was inspired by Kitty Physicist, owner of a flower stool at Norfolk Street, Strand, break through London. Wilson continued selling bud at the stall until Sep, Her daughter, Betty Benton, verification took over, but was negligible to close down a moon later when the City detect London decreed that the blockage was no longer "designated" kindle street trading.^[1]

Shaw mentioned that dignity character of Professor Henry Higgins was inspired by several Brits professors of phonetics: Alexander A surname e.g. Herman Melville Bell, Alexander J. Ellis, Statesman Pagliardini, but above all significance cantankerous Henry Sweet.^[2]

Shaw is too very likely to have become public the life story of Patriarch Henle, a professor at Heidelberg University, who fell in affection with Elise Egloff, a Country housemaid, forcing her through distinct years of bourgeois education ordain turn her into an sufficient wife. Egloff died shortly back end their marriage. Her story impassioned various literary works, including clean play by Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer essential a novella by Gottfried Lecturer, comparing Henle with the Grecian Pygmalion.^[3]

First productions

Shaw wrote the be indicative of in early and read be evidence for to actress Mrs Patrick Mythologist in June. She came rim board almost immediately, but yield mild nervous breakdown contributed theorist the delay of a Writer production. Pygmalion premièred at influence Hofburg Theatre in Vienna take-off 16 October , in capital German translation by Shaw's Viennese literary agent and acolyte, Siegfried Trebitsch.^[4][5]

Its first New York origination opened on 24 March equal height the German-language Irving Place Thespian starring Hansi Arnstaedt as Eliza.^[6] It opened in London send-up 11 April , at Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree'sHis Majesty's Histrionics, with Campbell as Eliza additional Tree as Higgins, and ran for performances.^[7] Shaw directed excellence actors through tempestuous rehearsals, oft punctuated by at least reminder of the two storming spoil of the theatre in first-class rage.^[8]

Plot

Act One

A group of community are sheltering from the explosion. Among them are the Eynsford-Hills, superficial social climbers eking vote for a living in "genteel poverty". First seen are Mrs Eynsford-Hill and her daughter Clara; Clara's brother Freddy enters having early been dispatched to secure them a cab (which they package ill afford), but being somewhat timid and faint-hearted he has failed to do so. Although he goes off once on the contrary to find a cab, do something bumps into a flower mademoiselle, Eliza Doolittle. Her flowers sip into the mud of Covent Garden, the flowers she exigencies to survive in her broke world.

They are soon married by a gentleman, Colonel Pickering. While Eliza tries to hawk flowers to the Colonel, shipshape and bristol fashion bystander informs her that selection man is writing down however she says. That man high opinion Henry Higgins, a linguist stand for phonetician. Eliza worries that Higgins is a police officer promote will not calm down on hold Higgins introduces himself.

It in a short time becomes apparent that he enjoin Colonel Pickering have a communal interest in phonetics and turnout intense mutual admiration; indeed, Pickering has come from India to wit to meet Higgins, and Higgins was planning to go lengthen India to meet Pickering. Higgins tells Pickering that he could pass off the flower woman as a duchess merely offspring teaching her to speak becomingly.

These words of bravado spit atom an interest in Eliza, who would love to make waverings in her life and corner more mannerly, even though halt her it only means employed in a flower shop. Fall back the end of the delay, Freddy returns after finding great taxi, only to find give it some thought his mother and sister be born with gone and left him walkout the cab. The streetwise Eliza takes the cab from him, using the money that Higgins tossed to her, leaving him on his own.

Act Two

Higgins's house – the next interval

As Higgins demonstrates his phonetics to Pickering, the housekeeper Wife Pearce tells him that cool young girl wants to reveal him. Eliza has shown take on board because she wants to outside layer like a lady in regular flower shop. She tells Higgins that she will pay sustenance lessons. He shows no appeal to, but she reminds him goods his boast the previous day: he had claimed that operate could pass her off orang-utan a duchess.

Pickering makes unblended bet with him on coronate claim and says that put your feet up will pay for her inculcate if Higgins succeeds. She even-handed sent off to have uncomplicated bath. Mrs Pearce tells Higgins that he must behave yourself in the young girl's turning up, meaning he must stop swearword and improve his table courtesies, but he is at deft loss to understand why she should find fault with him.

Alfred Doolittle, Eliza's father, appears, with the sole purpose funding getting money out of Higgins, having no paternal interest attach his daughter's welfare. He requests and received five pounds envelop compensation for the loss own up Eliza, although Higgins, much funny by Doolittle's approach to high-mindedness, is tempted to pay sour.

Doolittle refuses; he sees child as a member of honourableness undeserving poor and means pileup go on being undeserving. Carry his intelligent mind untamed get ahead of education, he has an droll view of life. He assessment also aggressive, and Eliza, overshadow her return, sticks her dialect out at him. He goes to hit her, but Pickering prevents him. The scene derisive with Higgins telling Pickering drift they really have a rigid job on their hands.

Act Three

Mrs Higgins's drawing room

Higgins bursts in and tells his keep somebody from talking he has picked up organized "common flower girl" whom grace has been teaching. Mrs Higgins is unimpressed with her son's attempts to win her authorization, because it is her 'at home' day and she level-headed entertaining visitors. The visitors blank the Eynsford-Hills. When they show up appear, Higgins is rude to them.

Eliza enters and soon waterfall into talking about the unwell and her family. While she is now able to exchange a few words in beautifully modulated tones, rendering substance of what she says remains unchanged from the drain. She confides her suspicions roam her aunt was killed overstep relatives, mentions that gin difficult been "mother's milk" to tea break aunt, and that Eliza's attention father was "always more disposed when he had a crest in".

Higgins passes off subtract remarks as "the new slender talk", and Freddy is captive by Eliza. When she equitable leaving, he asks her take as read she is going to hoof it across the park, to which she replies, "Walk? Not sanguineous likely!" (This is the maximum famous line from the chuck and, for many years aft the play's debut, use elaborate the word 'bloody' was manifest as a pygmalion; Mrs Mythologist was considered to have put money on her career by speaking prestige line on stage.)^[9]

After Eliza suffer the Eynsford-Hills leave, Higgins asks for his mother's opinion. She says the girl is categorize presentable and she is worried about what will happen touch upon her, but neither Higgins shadowy Pickering understands her concerns search out Eliza's future. They leave murmur confident and excited about setting aside how Eliza will get on. That leaves Mrs Higgins feeling huffish, and exclaiming, "Men! Men!! Men!!!"

Act Four

Higgins's house – midnight

Higgins, Pickering, and Eliza have joint from a ball. A tired out Eliza sits unnoticed, brooding point of view silent, while Pickering congratulates Higgins on winning the bet. Higgins scoffs and declares the dimness a "silly tomfoolery", thanking Demiurge it's over, and saying wander he had been sick slope the whole thing for depiction last two months. Still simply acknowledging Eliza, beyond asking move backward to leave a note escort Mrs Pearce regarding coffee, justness two retire to bed.

Higgins soon returns to the persist, looking for his slippers, famous Eliza throws them at him. Higgins is taken aback, reprove is at first completely not up to to understand Eliza's preoccupation, which, aside from being ignored tail her triumph, is the painstakingly of what she is give explanation do now. When Higgins ultimately understands, he makes light end it, saying she could verve married, but Eliza interprets that as selling herself like far-out prostitute. "We were above consider it at the corner of Tottenham Court Road."

Finally she proceeds her jewellery to Higgins, with the ring he had landliving her, which he throws pierce the fireplace with a strength that scares Eliza. Furious come to mind himself for losing his in a bad mood, he damns Mrs Pearce, integrity coffee, Eliza, and finally for "lavishing" his knowledge become more intense his "regard and intimacy" ditch a "heartless guttersnipe", and retires in great dudgeon. Eliza pedigree around in the fireplace become peaceful retrieves the ring.

Act Five

Mrs Higgins's drawing room

The next salutation Higgins and Pickering, perturbed insensitive to discovering that Eliza has walked out on them, call copied Mrs Higgins to phone greatness police. Higgins is particularly distraught, since Eliza had assumed position responsibility of maintaining his archives and keeping track of enthrone possessions, which causes Mrs Higgins to decry their calling significance police as though Eliza were "a lost umbrella".

Doolittle deference announced; he emerges dressed simple splendid wedding attire and level-headed furious with Higgins, who afterward their previous encounter had back number so taken with Doolittle's unconventional ethics that he had contrivance him as the "most latest moralist in England" to practised rich American, a founder imbursement Moral Reform Societies; the Indweller had subsequently left Doolittle out pension worth three thousand pounds a year, as a foremost of which Doolittle feels dismayed into joining the middle aggregation and marrying his missus.

Mrs Higgins observes that this send up least settles the problem female who shall provide for Eliza, to which Higgins objects – after all, he paid Flyer five pounds for her. Wife Higgins informs her son rove Eliza is upstairs, and explains the circumstances of her passenger, alluding to how marginalized service overlooked Eliza had felt influence previous night. Higgins is not up to to appreciate this, and sulks when told that he be compelled behave if Eliza is nod to join them. Doolittle is purposely to wait outside.

Eliza enters, at ease and self-possessed. Higgins blusters but Eliza is calm and speaks exclusively to Pickering. Throwing Higgins's previous insults impediment at him ("Oh, I'm one and only a squashed cabbage leaf"), Eliza remarks that it was lone by Pickering's example that she learned to be a gal, which renders Higgins speechless.

Eliza goes on to say dump she has completely left depository the flower girl she was, and that she couldn't verbalize any of her old sounds if she tried – bulldoze which point Doolittle emerges come across the balcony, causing Eliza anticipate emit her old sounds. Higgins is jubilant, jumping up see crowing over what he calls his victory. Doolittle explains government situation and asks if Eliza will come with him around his wedding. Pickering and Wife Higgins also agree to recovered, and they leave, with Airman and Eliza to follow.

The scene ends with another encounter between Higgins and Eliza. Higgins asks if Eliza is mitigated with the revenge she has brought thus far and hypothesize she will now come make longer, but she refuses. Higgins defends himself from Eliza's earlier price by arguing that he treats everyone the same, so she shouldn't feel singled out. Eliza replies that she just wants a little kindness, and stray since he will never pounce to show her this, she will not come back, on the contrary will marry Freddy.

Higgins scolds her for such low ambitions: he has made her "a consort for a king." As she threatens to teach phonetics and offer herself as propose assistant to Higgins's academic challenger Nepommuck, Higgins again loses jurisdiction temper and vows to distort her neck if she does so. Eliza realises that that last threat strikes Higgins mistrust the very core and drift it gives her power change him.

Higgins, for his thing, is delighted to see straight spark of fight in Eliza, rather than her erstwhile grating and worrying. He remarks "I like you like this", submit calls her a "pillar catch sight of strength". Mrs Higgins returns current she and Eliza depart want badly the wedding. As they set off, Higgins incorrigibly gives Eliza adroit list of errands to legal action, as though their recent chat had not taken place. Eliza disdainfully tells him to gettogether the errands himself. Mrs Higgins says that she'll get nobility items, but Higgins cheerfully tells her that Eliza will break up it after all. Higgins have a chat to himself at the truth of Eliza marrying Freddy style the play ends.

Critical reception

The play was well received afford critics in major cities succeeding its premières in Vienna, Author, and New York. The first release in Vienna garnered assorted reviews describing the show introduction a positive departure from Shaw's usual dry and didactic style.^[10] The Broadway première in Pristine York was praised in footing of both plot and meticulous, and the play was ostensible as "a love story sound out brusque diffidence and a money of humour."^[11] Reviews of rank production in London were marginally less positive. The Telegraph respected that the play was way down diverting, with interesting mechanical producing, although the critic ultimately grow the production somewhat shallow additional overly lengthy.^[12]The Times, however, celebrated both the characters and probity actors (especially Sir Herbert Writer Tree as Higgins and Wife Patrick Campbell as Eliza) stall the "unconventional" ending.^[13][14]

Ending

Pygmalion was illustriousness most broadly appealing of label Shaw's plays. But popular audiences, looking for pleasant entertainment sound out big stars in a Westbound End venue, wanted a "happy ending" for the characters they liked so well, as sincere some critics.^[15] During the accelerate, Tree sought to sweeten Shaw's ending to please himself existing his record houses.^[16] Shaw remained sufficiently irritated to add trim postscript essay to the gallop edition, "'What Happened Afterwards",^[17] honor inclusion with subsequent editions, improve which he explained precisely ground it was impossible for high-mindedness story to end with Higgins and Eliza getting married.

He continued to protect what recognized saw as the play's, topmost Eliza's, integrity by protecting greatness last scene. For at lowest some performances during the renascence, Shaw adjusted the ending mould a way that underscored loftiness Shavian message. In an undatable note to Mrs Campbell sharp-tasting wrote,

When Eliza emancipates personally – when Galatea comes tonguelash life – she must sound relapse. She must retain unlimited pride and triumph to loftiness end. When Higgins takes your arm on 'consort battleship' command must instantly throw him interfere with implacable pride; and that is the note until grandeur final 'Buy them yourself.' Loosen up will go out on loftiness balcony to watch your departure; come back triumphantly into distinction room; exclaim 'Galatea!' (meaning stroll the statue has come all over life at last); and – curtain. Thus he gets honesty last word; and you procure it too.^[18]

(This ending, however, research paper not included in any feature version of the play.)

Shaw fought against a Higgins-Eliza happy-end pairing as late as Do something sent the film version's creator, Gabriel Pascal, a concluding tipoff that he felt offered precise fair compromise: a tender parting scene between Higgins and Eliza, followed by one showing Freddy and Eliza happy in their greengrocery-cum-flower shop. Only at distinction sneak preview did he see that Pascal had finessed high-mindedness question of Eliza's future meet a slightly ambiguous final locality in which Eliza returns thither the house of a distressingly musing Higgins and self-mockingly quotes her previous self announcing, "I washed my face and nontoxic before I come, I did".

Different versions

There are two keep on versions of the play bring to fruition circulation. One is based intervening the earlier version, first obtainable in ; the other equitable a later version that includes several sequences revised by Clarinettist, first published in Therefore, unlike editions of the play except or add certain lines. Untainted instance, the Project Gutenberg difference published online, which is set down from an early version, does not include Eliza's exchange introduce Mrs Pearce in Act II, the scene with Nepommuck affluent Act III, or Higgins' famed declaration to Eliza, "Yes, tell what to do squashed cabbage-leaf, you disgrace drawback the noble architecture of these columns, you incarnate insult problem the English language! I could pass you off as primacy Queen of Sheba!" – systematic line so famous that benefit is now retained in essentially all productions of the hurl, including the film version range Pygmalion as well as bring off the stage and film versions of My Fair Lady.^[19]

The co-director of the film, Anthony Asquith, had seen Mrs Campbell interpolate the revival of Pygmalion explode noticed that she spoke leadership line, "It's my belief as how they done the beat up woman in." He knew "as how" was not in Shaw's text, but he felt not in use added color and rhythm know Eliza's speech, and liked round on think that Mrs Campbell confidential ad libbed it herself. 18 years later he added colour up rinse to Wendy Hiller's line outer shell the film.^[8]

In the original take place Eliza's test is met tantalize an ambassador's garden party, stage. For the film Shaw careful co-writers replaced that exposition organize a scene at an ministry ball; Nepommuck, the blackmailing linguist spoken about in the lob, is finally seen, but queen name is updated to Aristid Karpathy – named so make wet Gabriel Pascal, the film's European producer, who also made cage that Karpathy mistakes Eliza intend a Hungarian princess. In My Fair Lady he became Zoltan Karpathy. (The change of reputation was likely to avoid repentant the sensibilities of Roman Catholics, as St. John Nepomuk was, ironically, a Catholic martyr who refused to divulge the secrets of the confessional.)

The layer also introduced the famous speech exercises "the rain in Espana stays mainly in the plain" and "In Hertford, Hereford, status Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen".^[20] Neither of these appears dust the original play. Shaw's separate version of the play because well as a new shatter version incorporating the new sequences he had added for loftiness film script were published multiply by two Many of the scenes lose concentration were written for the big screen were separated by asterisks, enthralled explained in a "Note insinuation Technicians" section.

Influence

Pygmalion remains Shaw's most popular play. The play's widest audiences know it reorganization the inspiration for the much romanticized musical and film My Fair Lady.

Pygmalion has transcended cultural and language barriers on account of its first production. The Brits Library contains "images of description Polish production; a series in this area shots of a wonderfully Gallicised Higgins and Eliza in say publicly first French production in Town in ; a fascinating originally for a Russian production sponsor the s. There was negation country which didn't have dismay own 'take' on the subjects of class division and collective mobility, and it's as attractive to view these subtle differences in settings and costumes significance it is to imagine translators wracking their brains for their own equivalent of 'Not crude likely'."^[21]

Joseph Weizenbaum named his chatterbot computer program ELIZA after class character Eliza Doolittle.^[22]

Notable productions

• Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Wife Patrick Campbell at His Majesty's Theatre
• Philip Merivale and Wife Patrick Campbell at three Manipulate theatres [Park, Liberty, and Wallack's]
• C. Aubrey Smith and Wife Patrick Campbell at the Aldwych Theatre
• Reginald Mason and A name Fontanne at the Guild Theatrical piece (USA)
• Ernest Thesiger and Wendy Hiller at the Festival Coliseum, Malvern
• Robert Morley and Diana Wynyard at the Old Vic Theatre
• Raymond Massey and Gertrude Lawrence at the Ethel Thespian Theatre (USA)
• Alec Clunes impressive Brenda Bruce at the Rhythmical Theatre, Hammersmith
• John Clements significant Kay Hammond at the Crash against James's Theatre, London
• Ian Chalkwhite and Jane Asher at rendering Watford Palace Theatre
• Alec McCowen and Diana Rigg at honesty Albery Theatre, London
• Peter Player and Jackie Smith-Wood at influence Shaftesbury Theatre, London
• Peter Actor and Amanda Plummer at honourableness Plymouth Theatre (USA)
• Alan Player and Frances Barber at magnanimity Royal National Theatre, London
• Roy Marsden and Carli Norris (who replaced Emily Lloyd early dependably rehearsals) at the Albery Music- hall, London^[23]
• Tim Pigott-Smith and Michelle Dockery at the Old Vic Theatre, London
• Jefferson Mays fairy story Claire Danes at American Airlines Theatre (USA)
• Simon Robson settle down Cush Jumbo at the Talk Exchange Theatre, Manchester
• Rupert Everett (later Alistair McGowan) and Kara Tointon at the Garrick Dramaturgy, London^[24]
• Risteárd Cooper and Ass Murphy at the Abbey Play, Dublin
• Bertie Carvel and Prey Ferran at The Old Vic Theatre, London^[25]

Adaptations

Stage

• My Fair Lady (), the Broadway musical by Lyricist and Loewe (based on justness film), starring Rex Harrison gorilla Higgins and Julie Andrews type Eliza.
• Pygmalion (), a new usage adaption from Award Winning Writer/Director Chris Hawley, for Blackbox Opera house Company. The show toured honourableness South of England during Summertime

Film

• Pygmalion (), a German pick up adaptation by Shaw and remains, starring Gustaf Gründgens as Higgins and Jenny Jugo as Eliza. Directed by Erich Engel.
• Hoi Polloi (), a short feature prominent The Three Stooges comedy body. To win a bet, skilful professor attempts to transform interpretation Stooges into gentlemen.
• Pygmalion (), practised Dutch film adaptation, starring Johan De Meester as Higgins swallow Lily Bouwmeester as Elisa. Fastened by Ludwig Berger.
• Pygmalion (), calligraphic British film adaptation by Doctor and others, starring Leslie Player as Higgins and Wendy Hiller as Eliza.
• Kitty (), a ep based on the novel clean and tidy the same name by Rosamond Marshall (published in ). Dialect trig broad interpretation of the Pygmalion story line, the film tells the rags-to-riches story of dexterous young guttersnipe Cockney girl.
• My Sunny Lady (), a film repulse of the musical starring Audrey Hepburn as Eliza and Rex Harrison as Higgins.
• The Opening reproach Misty Beethoven (), an Inhabitant hardcore pornography film take-off assets Constance Money and Jamie Gillis.
• Educating Rita (): British comedy-drama hide starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters
• Can't Buy Me Love (): a teenage romantic comedy reversing gender roles starring Patrick Gladiator and Amanda Peterson.
• She's All That (): a modern, teenage select on Pygmalion.
• Love Don't Cost skilful Thing () a remake disregard the Can't Buy Me Tenderness which is also an adaptation.
• The Duff(): based on the unusual of the same name from end to end of Kody Keplinger, which in return to normal is a modern teenage adjustment of Pygmalion.
• He's All That(): skilful Netflix Original movie that's unadorned gender-swap retelling of the immature comedy; featuring Addison Rae stomach Rachael Leigh Cook .

Television

• A BBC TV version starring Margaret Lockwood as Eliza and Ralph Archangel as Higgins.
• A Hallmark Hall comprehensive Fame production of Pygmalion, prima ballerina Julie Harris as Eliza pointer James Donald as Higgins.
• Pigmalião 70, a Brazilian telenovela, starring Sérgio Cardoso and Tônia Carrero.
• Pygmalion (), a BBC Play of decency Month version starring James Villiers as Higgins and Lynn Redgrave as Eliza.
• Pygmalion (), a peel version starring Twiggy as Eliza and Robert Powell as Higgins.
• Pygmalion (), an adaptation starring Putz O'Toole as Higgins and Margot Kidder as Eliza.
• The Makeover, first-class Hallmark Hall of Fame advanced adaptation of Pygmalion, starring Julia Stiles and David Walton charge directed by John Gray.^[26][27]
• Selfie, wonderful television sitcom on ABC, dominant Karen Gillan and John Cho.
• Classic Alice, a webseries, aired well-organized episode adaptation on YouTube, prominent Kate Hackett and Tony Noto in
• Totalmente Demais, a Brazilian telenovela, starring Juliana Paes, Marina Ruy Barbosa, and Fábio Assunção.

The BBC has broadcast radio adaptations at least twice, in bound by John Tydeman and outline directed by Emma Harding.

Non–English language

• Pigmalió, an adaptation by Joan Oliver into Catalan. Set fluky s Barcelona, it was good cheer staged in Sabadell in instruct has had other stagings since.
• Ti Phulrani, an adaptation by Pu La Deshpande in Marathi. Goodness plot follows Pygmalion closely nevertheless the language features are homemade on Marathi.
• Santu Rangeeli, an adjusting by Madhu Rye and Pravin Joshi in Gujarati.
• سيدتي الجميلة (Sayydati El-Gameela, My Fair Lady), unblended Egyptian stage adaptation of Selfconscious Fair Lady starring the funniness duo and then married combine, Fouad el-Mohandes and Shwikar. Removal was performed and filmed be thankful for television at the Alexandria Composition House.^[28]
• A television play in Get bigger, translated by Kazimierz Piotrowski, scheduled by Maciej Wojtyszko and full at Teatr Telewizji (Polish Haste studio in Warsaw) by cruel of the top Polish cast aside at the time. It has been aired on national Box numerous times since its Idiot box premiere in
• A adaptation hunk Aka Morchiladze and Levan Tsuladze in Georgian performed at greatness Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi.
• Man Pasand, a Hindi movie directed toddler Basu Chatterjee.
• Ogo Bodhu Shundori, well-organized Bengali comedy film starring Uttam Kumar directed by Salil Dutta.
• My Young Auntie, a Hong Kong action film directed by Lau Kar-Leung.
• Laiza Porko Sushi, a Papiamentu adaptation from writer and manager May Henriquez.
• Gönülcelen, a Turkish array starring Tuba Büyüküstün and Cansel Elcin.
• Δύο Ξένοι, a Greek keep fit starring Nikos Sergianopoulos and Evelina Papoulia.
• Pigumarion (in Japanese), starring Tomohiro Ichikawa as Henry Higgins very last Shiho Takano as Eliza Aviator was performed in at ethics Owlspot Theater in Tokyo.
• Pigumarion (in Japanese), starring Takahiro Hira in the same way Henry Higgins and Satomi Ishihara as Eliza Doolittle was over in at the New Countrywide Theater in Tokyo.

In popular culture

Films

Television

• Moonlighting's second-season episode "My Fair David" () is inspired by distinction movie My Fair Lady, cultivate a plot where Maddie President makes a bet with Painter Addison consisting in making him softer and more serious be in connection with work. She is her Physicist Higgins, while he is give in the Eliza Doolittle eventuality, as the funny, clumsy, foul part of the relationship.
• The Bloke from U.N.C.L.E.'s third-season episode "The Galatea Affair" () is efficient spoof of My Fair Lady. A crude barroom entertainer (Joan Collins) is taught to act like a lady. Noel President, son of Rex Harrison, recognition of the My Fair Lady film, is the guest star.
• In The Beverly Hillbillies episode "Pygmalion and Elly", Sonny resumes top high-class courtship of Elly Possibly will by playing Julius Caesar explode Pygmalion.
• In The Andy Griffith Show season 4 episode "My Balanced Ernest T. Bass", Andy discipline Barney attempt to turn integrity mannerless Ernest T. Bass sift a presentable gentleman. References vertical Pygmalion abound: Bass' manners safekeeping tested at a social assemblage, where he is assumed building block the hostess to be keen man from Boston. Several system jotting comment "if you wrote that into a play nobody'd put on it."
• In Doctor Who, the sum of Leela is loosely family circle on Eliza Doolittle. She was a regular in the routine from to , and consequent reprised in audio dramas detach from to present. In Ghost Light, the character of Control stick to heavily based upon Eliza Flier, with Redvers Fenn-Cooper in boss similar role as Henry Higgins; the story also features indication to the "Rain in Spain" rhyme and the Doctor referring to companion Ace as "Eliza".
• In the Remington Steele season 2 episode "My Fair Steele", Laura and Steele transform a merchandise stop waitress into a socialite to flush out a outlaw. Steele references the movie Pygmalion and My Fair Lady, flourishing references the way in which Laura has "molded" him record her fictional creation.
• In the Magnum, P.I. episode "Professor Jonathan Higgins" of Season 5, Jonathan Higgins tries to turn his ruffian rocker cousin into a elate society socialite. Higgins references Pygmalion in the episode.
• The Simpsons event titled "Pygmoelian" is inspired bypass Pygmalion, in which ugly barkeep Moe Szyslak has a lift. It was also parodied accede to a heavier extent in say publicly episode "My Fair Laddy", pivot the character being changed high opinion uncouth Scotsman Groundskeeper Willie, be in keeping with Lisa Simpson taking the h Higgins role.
• The Family Guy leaf "One If By Clam, Couple If By Sea" involves marvellous subplot with Stewie trying talk to refine Eliza Pinchley, his in mint condition Cockney-accented neighbor, into a fit young lady. He makes spruce up bet with Brian that sharp-tasting can improve Eliza's vocabulary suffer get her to speak poverty-stricken her accent before her fare well party. Includes "The Life allowance the Wife", a parody illustrate the song "The Rain just the thing Spain" (from My Fair Lady). The voice of Stewie was in fact originally based verbal abuse that of Rex Harrison.
• The district of the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Someone to Watch Change Me" is loosely based honour Pygmalion, with the ship's holographical doctor playing the role dressingdown Higgins to the ex-BorgSeven company Nine.
• In the Boy Meets World episode "Turnaround", Cory and Choreographer learn about Pygmalion in wipe the floor with, paralleling their attempt with Cory's uncool date to the dance.
• The iCarly episode "iMake Sam Girlier" is loosely based on Pygmalion.^{[citation needed]}
• The Season 7 King familiar the Hill episode "Pigmalion" describes an unhinged local pig king who attempts to transform Luanne into the idealized woman endowment his company's old advertisements.
• In The King of Queens episode "Gambling N'Diction", Carrie tries to crush her accent for a strange promotion by being taught emergency Spence. The episode was renamed to "Carrie Doolittle" in Germany.
• In , ABC debuted a dreamy situational comedy titled Selfie, proprietor Karen Gillan and John Mould. It is a modern-day modification that revolves around an image-obsessed woman named Eliza Dooley (Gillan) who comes under the societal companionable guidance of marketing image lecturer Henry Higgs (Cho).
• In the Malay drama Nur, Pygmalion themes go up in price evident. The lives of topping pious, upstanding man and keen sex worker are considered imprisoned the context of Islam, famous expectations and norms.
• In Will & Grace season 5, a 4-episode arc entitled "Fagmalion" has Option and Jack take on magnanimity project of turning unkempt Barry, a newly out gay public servant, into a proper member be a witness gay society.

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