Pygmalion is a celebrated play by George Bernard Shaw, first performed in 1913. The story follows Professor Henry Higgins, an arrogant phonetics expert, who wagers with Colonel Pickering that he can transform Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, into a refined lady capable of passing as a duchess, merely by teaching her to speak properly. Through rigorous training, Eliza masters elegant speech and manners, yet she ultimately asserts her independence and dignity, refusing to be treated as Higgins's creation. Drawing on the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion, Shaw explores themes of social class, language, identity, and gender, satirizing British society's superficial judgments.
