Pygmalion
- 2013/2014 Season
- [New Translation]
Performed in Japanese - PLAYHOUSE
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November-December, 2013
NNTT presents Pygmalion, the play that formed the basis of the worldwide hit musical, My Fair Lady.
The play, by Nobel prize-winner George Bernard Shaw, is based on the Greek legend of the sculptor Pygmalion of Cyprus. Pygmalion premiered in 1913 at Vienna's Hofburg Theatre; in 1914, it played at His Majesty's Theatre in London.
The character of Eliza appears here in the guise of an independent woman. In the last scene, Eliza leaves Professor Higgins to be with Freddy, a good man with little money but who loves her. This is radically different from the romantic ending of My Fair Lady, in which Eliza ultimately comes back to Higgins.
The original, which is subtitled A Romance in Five Acts, charts the emotional growth of a lone woman and satirizes the society its characters inhabit. Pygmalion will be directed by Miyata Keiko, who brought fresh insight to the Hedda character when she directed Hedda Gabler. It will be fascinating to see what Miyata does with this romantic comedy, which is told from the cynical perspective of George Bernard Shaw.
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