''The First Night of Pygmalion'' is a play by
Richard Huggett, first performed in 1968. It depicts backstage events during the first British production of
George Bernard Shaw's play ''
Pygmalion
Pygmalion or Pigmalion may refer to:
Mythology
* Pygmalion (mythology), a sculptor who fell in love with his statue
Stage
* ''Pigmalion'' (opera), a 1745 opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau
* ''Pygmalion'' (Rousseau), a 1762 melodrama by Jean-Jacques ...
''.
It depicts the backstage tensions between Shaw,
Mrs Patrick Campbell who played Eliza Doolitle, and
Herbert Beerbohm Tree who played Professor Higgins, including the controversy surrounding the line "not bloody likely". It is mainly based on letters, diaries and newspaper reports from the time.
The play has twice been adapted for British television (in 1969 and 1975).
References
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1972 plays