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Pygmalion

Forbhreathnú

Drámadóir

George Bernard (GB) Shaw
Suíomh

Period - the Present (1914) Act 1 The portico of St. Paul's, Covent Garden 11.15pm
Achoimre

A phonetics Professor wagers that he can pass off a Cockney flower seller as a sophisticated London society lady by teaching her how to speak 'properly'.
Cinéal Dráma

Drámaí Ginearálta

Líon na Míreanna

Dráma Fada

Cast size

Male

6
Female

6
Total

12

Céad Léiriú

Dáta an Chéad Léirithe

11 April 1914
Ionad an Chéad Léirithe

His Majesty's Theatre

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe
Alfred Doolittle	Edmund Gurney
Mrs. Higgins	Rosalind Mayne-Young
Mrs. Pearce	Geraldine Olliffe
A Sarcastic Bystander	Alexander Sarner
Henry Higgins	Herbert Tree
Colonel Pickering	Philip Merivale
Eliza Doolitle	Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Freddy Eynsford-Hill	Algernon Greig
A Bystander	Roy Byford
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill	Carlotta Addison
Clara Eynsford-Hill	Margaret Busse
Parlourmaid	Irene Delisse

Scripteanna Foilsithe

Teideal

The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw: Volume 4
Bliain

1972
Foilsithe ag

The Bodley Head
Seoladh

England
ISBN

0370013905

Eolas Faoi Chearta

Críoch

All Territories
Cinéal Cearta

All Rights
Teagmháil

Society of Authors
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Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from The Bodley Head Bernard Shaw: Volume 4

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