Pygmalion
From: Wednesday, 7th May 2008
To: Saturday, 9 August 2008
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Synopsis
Shaw's dramatisation of a Cockney flower girl's metamorphosis into a lady is not only a delightful fantasy but also has much to say about social class, money, spiritual freedom and womens' independence. Its combination of ideas and social comment, together with its rich comic characterization, make it one of the most enduring and entertaining of English comedies. Henry Higgins, Professor of Linguistics and confirmed bachelor, wagers that within six months he will transform flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady who can take her place in high society. Shaw's masterpiece is both brilliantly funny and a devastating critique of the English class system. This play formed the basis of "My Fair Lady".
Our Review:
16 May 2008
We all love My Fair Lady, but although you sit through Peter Hall’s exquisite production of the source play, Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, waiting for the tunes to turn up, there is no questioning the fact that you are witnessing a dramatic masterpiece in its own right.
In ancient mythology, Pygmalion was the king of Cyprus who fell in love with a statue of his own invention. In one of the best new films of the year, Lars and the Real Girl, a social misfit finds platonic fulfilment with an inflatable doll. Tim Pigott-Smith as the emotionally blinkered phonetician Henry Higgins makes a duchess of the flower girl Eliza Doolittle and treats her as part trophy arm candy, part domestic skivvy.
It’s this area of sexual fantasy, exploitation and indecision that makes Shaw’s play so perennially fascinating and Hall’s production so compelling. And Piggott-Smith’s bendy-limbed Higgins is a mixture of big booby and spoilt mother’s b...
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Manolis D. - 5 July 2008:
An ok production of the Shaw play. Performances were good but nothing too spectacular. The supporting performances were not very impressive. If you can only see a few productions around this time in London (i only had time to watch 8 performances) i wouldn't recommend it. There are better plays in London, there is even a better Shaw (Major Barbara)....
Cast
Tim Pigott-Smith (Henry Higgins)
Michelle Dockery (Eliza Doolittle)
Tony Haygarth (Alfred Doolittle)
Pamela Miles (Mrs Eynsford Hill)
Una Stubbs (Mrs Pearce)
Steven Alexander (taximan/bystander)
Mia Austen (bystander)
Matt Barber (Freddy Eynsford)
Peter Cadden (Sarcastic bystander)
Mark Extance (bystander)
Barbara Jefford (Mrs Higgins)
James Laurenson (Colonel Pickering)
Corinna Marlowe (palourmaid)
Emma Noakes (Clara Eynsford Hill)
Creative
George Bernard-Shaw (Author)
Theatre Royal Bath (Producer)
Peter Hall Company (Company)
Peter Hall (Director)
Simon Higlett (Design)
Peter Mumford (Lighting)
Christopher Woods (Costume)
Gregory Clarke (Sound)
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