Pygmalion

In Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, Professor Higgins turns the flower girl Eliza into a lady, but instead of a grateful and submissive Galatea, he comes face to face with an angry and self-aware girl who has lost her place in life. And in Mrs. Warren's Profession, Vivie, proud of her independence, is forced not only to admit that her freedom is paid for by her mother's 'unworthy' choice, but also to see her own reflection in the hypocrisy of those around her. Like all the best comedies in the hi ...