Mask Theatre Production of Pygmalion

Peterborough Mask Theatre’s new production – Pygmalion - Idea1 caught up with mask at a recent rehearsal to find out more about the play.

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About Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw takes inspiration for his play from Greek mythology. A sculptor (Pygmalion) falls in love with his statue, his own creation. Bernard Shaw updates the story and gives it a twist. Professor Higgins teaches Eliza, a flower girl, how to speak properly and in an unexpected twist, she becomes something that no-one expects. Is this transformation a good thing for Eliza or not? Many directors have tried to find a romantic ending to this well known classic, suggesting that Eliza falls for the professor but Shaw deliberately leaves the conclusion open. All we know is that like Rita in Willy Russell’s Educating Rita, he has given her choices.

Peterborough Mask Theatre’s version of Pygmalion in the Key Theatre studio, is set in the 1940s, during WW2. Eliza, like many women of her generation, is looking to better herself by dreaming of opening her flower shop after the war ends. Henry Higgins, no doubt, would have been employed for his linguistic skills, by the War Office. Would he have been a Bletchley Park boffin?

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