Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw loosely inspired by the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet) who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can successfully pass off a Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, as a refined society lady by teaching her how to speak with an upper class accent and training her in etiquette. In the process, Higgins and Doolittle grow close, but she ultimately rejects his domineering ways and declares she will marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill – a young, poor, gentleman.

'Пигмалион' - искрометная комедия, суть которой - в пари, заключенном между профессором фонетики мистером Хиггинсом и полковником Пиккерингом. Хиггинс утверждает, что сможет, благодаря своим знаниям и педагогическому умению, превратить простую цветочницу Элизу Дулиттл в светскую даму....