Pygmalion
December 1929
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Pygmalion - by George Bernard Shaw
Performed - Mon 16th & Tues 17th December 1929 at the New Theatre, Boston
Synopsis
One of Shaw's finest plays, Pygmalion is a seminal comedy of class distinctions, a fussy British phonetics professor, Henry Higgins wagers that he can transform guttersnipe cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle into a lady of breeding, voice and manners in London's Ascot society with surprising results.
Review
Cast
Actors names on right:
- Mrs Bernard Jackson
- Miss Muriel Balch
- Miss Beryl Blight
- Miss Constance Gregory
- Miss Winifred Hayward
- Miss Mary Isaac
- Mr Roy Hart-Davies
- Mr W. R. Hensman
- Mr Norman A. Hooper
- Dr H. C. Jennings
- Mr Jack Mather
- Mr G. L. Nussey
- Mr Frank Smith