Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw

One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known works, Pygmalion is a play written in 1913. The play went on to become a Broadway musical and a film and is still popular today. The play tells the story of a professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins, who makes a bet with a friend. Higgins claims that he can turn a simple flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady of society just by teaching her how to speak with a refined accent. Higgins and his friend set about teaching their young student how to speak and act in polite company. It becomes clear that a special bond is developing between the tough professor and his strong-willed student. Does Higgins succeed in turning Eliza into a fine lady, and will his relationship with her develop beyond that of teacher and student?