HYD365

Pygmalion [1 of 10]




Description: Adapted from the play by George Bernard Shaw. It tells the story of Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard), a professor of phonetics, who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering (Scott Sunderland) that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hillier), as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette.

Related tags: George Bernard Shaw Wendy Hillier Leslie Howard flowergirl my fair lady romance phonetics eliza doolittle henry higgins