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PYGMALION

by George Bernard Shaw

Shaw's "romantic" comedy of class brings us Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, undertaking the task of transforming a common flower seller into a refined lady. The results are both stupendous and hilarious. The flower girl, Eliza Dolittle captures his attention completely as he molds her exterior but its only when she leaves him that it even occurs to Higgins that he might in fact have come to depend upon her as she did upon him.

While this play has been adapted many times for the stage and screen Shaw's original ending still remains his favourite though modern audiences tend to prefer My Fair Lady's more typically romantic one.


 

 

 

THE KING STAG

BY Carlo Guzzi

King Deramo has a dilemma. He must choose a queen and the ladies of the land are to subject themselves to his interview so that he may choose the from amongst them.  Unbeknownst to them he will use an artifact the great magician Durandante left him to find the most trustworthy of them to be his bride. Will it be his first minister Tartaglia's daughter the sweet Clarissa, his second minister Pantaloo's daughter the virtuous Angela or his butler Brighella's country cousin Smeraldina? He will let nothing, not the plots of his dastardly ministers nor great magic nor conniving women stand between him and she perfect bride!




LOVE CHILD

By Johanna Murray Smith

This short two-hander deals with the issue of adoption as they arise during a reunion between a mother and the daughter she gave away at birth.