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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 /

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    Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw

    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

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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 /

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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,...

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