Pygmalion

The Washington Stage Guild kicks off its 27th season with one of the most beloved plays of the past century, an indelible hit by the Stage Guild’s “playwright in residence” – George Bernard Shaw. PYGMALION was written in 1912, and the story of Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle, her speech lessons at the hands of the temperamental Henry Higgins, and the sparks that fly between them, has rarely left the stage since its premiere. Directed by Stage Guild Artistic Director, Bill Largess, Shaw’s comedy is sharp and insightful, asking questions as valid today as a century ago. Exactly what “makes” a lady a lady? The way she behaves, or the way she is treated?