Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw; Alistair McGowan

(5 stars; 7 reviews)

Pygmalion Episode 1 of 2  Alistair McGowan, Morgana Robinson, Sian Phillips and Al Murray star in George Bernard Shaw's classic tale of Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl who is trained by professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins, to pass as a duchess. Credits Henry Higgins Alistair McGowan  Eliza Doolittle Morgana Robinson Alfred Doolittle Al Murray  Colonel Pickering Hugh Fraser Mrs Higgins Siân Phillips  Mrs Pearce Charlotte Page Maid Charlotte Page  Mrs Eynsford-Hill Georgie Glen Clara Eynsford-Hill Maeve Bluebell Wells  Freddy Eynsford-Hill Tom Forrister Nepommuck David Sturzaker  Ambassador John Dougall Ambassador's Wife Sarah Ridgeway  Bystander David Sterne Director Emma Harding  Writer George Bernard Shaw Broadcast Sun 28 May 2017 15: 00  BBC Radio 4  Pygmalion Episode 2 of 2 Alistair McGowan, Morgana Robinson, Sian Phillips and Al Murray star in George Bernard Shaw's classic tale of Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl who is trained to talk 'like a lady' by irascible professor of phonetics, Henry Higgins. Eliza faces the day of reckoning: can she pass as a lady at the Ambassador's Ball?  Directed by Emma Harding. Credits Henry Higgins Alistair McGowan  Eliza Doolittle Morgana Robinson Alfred Doolittle Al Murray  Colonel Pickering Hugh Fraser Mrs Higgins Siân Phillips  Mrs Pearce Charlotte Page Maid Charlotte Page  Mrs Eynsford-Hill Georgie Glen Clara Eynsford-Hill Maeve Bluebell Wells  Freddy Eynsford-Hill Tom Forrister Nepommuck David Sturzaker  Ambassador John Dougall Ambassador's Wife Sarah Ridgeway  Bystander David Sterne  Director Emma Harding  Writer George Bernard Shaw  Broadcast Sun 4 Jun 2017 15:00  BBC Radio The 'B' Word [George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion] Alistair McGowan writes and stars in a play about the scandalous opening night of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion - the first time that the word 'bloody' was used on the British stage. The production also created a passionate love-hate triangle of Shaw (McGowan), his leading man, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (Richard McCabe) and his leading lady, the irrepressible Mrs Patrick Campbell (Charlotte Page), who played the 19 year old Eliza Doolittle at the age of 49. Directed by Emma Harding. Credits George Bernard Shaw Alistair McGowan  George Alexander David Sturzaker Mrs Patrick Campbell Charlotte Page  Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Richard McCabe Charlotte Shaw Georgie Glen  Merivale Philip Fox Gurney Simon Ludders  Fishman Simon Ludders Bell Charlie Clements  Maid Sarah Ridgeway Director Emma Harding  Writer Alistair McGowan  Broadcast Fri 26 May 2017 14:15  BBC Radio 4

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