Pygmalion
1016 N. Dearborn Pkwy Chicago
In a tale from Ovid's METAMORPHOSES, Pygmalion created a statue of a woman so beautiful that he fell in love with it. Venus, the Goddess of Love, took pity on him and brought the statue to life so that his love could be reciprocated. Pygmalion married the transformed woman, Galatea, and they lived happily ever after. Bernard Shaw sets his version of the tale in Edwardian London. Shaw's Pygmalion is Henry Higgins, world famous professor of phonetics, and his Galatea is Eliza Doolittle, a dirty, bedraggled flower girl he meets in Covent Garden. Higgins declares that he can transform Eliza in three months by teaching her to speak properly, and pass her off as a duchess. His success in this hilarious endeavor leads to unexpected complications for both Higgins and Eliza. Shaw's play was the inspiration for the musical MY FAIR LADY.
Thru - Nov 4, 2013