He wanted to advocate for women’s suffrage and the end of Britain’s class system. With the help of Aphrodite, his wish comes true.īut Shaw didn’t set out to write a frothy, romantic confection. In the story, told by the Roman poet Ovid, a sculptor falls in love with his sculpture, Galatea, and prays for her to come to life.
Shaw intended his play to change people’s minds about that. When Pygmalion premiered in April, 1914 - just months before the start of World War I - women still did not have the right to vote. well, by then, Shaw was likely spinning in his grave. For years, the ending of the play was misinterpreted and altered in a way Shaw loathed.
And some savvy theatergoers know that it was based on the play Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw.īut few people know this story: When the play first opened, it was not performed as Shaw intended. The story of the Broadway musical My Fair Lady is familiar to people with knowledge of musical theater.
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