Pygmalion

Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion is one of his most famous plays. The secret to its more than century-long popularity in many countries lies in its originality and wit. This comedy continues to enjoy well-deserved success today, featuring in the repertoires of the world's best theaters.

It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a London professor of phonetics, who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that in six months he will «transform» the simple flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a duchess by teaching her the pronunciation accepted in high society. How will this bet end? Suffice it to recall that the play is named after the ancient sculptor Pygmalion, who created such a perfect statue that he fell in love with it and asked the goddess Aphrodite to bring it to life...