A report on Pygmalion (play), George Bernard Shaw and West End theatre

Illustration depicting Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle
Shaw in 1911, by Alvin Langdon Coburn
The Palace Theatre, in the City of Westminster, London, built in 1891
A Sketch Magazine illustration of Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle from 22 April 1914. Shaw wrote the part of Eliza expressly for Campbell, who played opposite Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Henry Higgins.
Shaw's birthplace (2012 photograph). The plaque reads "Bernard Shaw, author of many plays, was born in this house, 26 July 1856".
The London Palladium in Soho opened in 1910. While the Theatre has a resident show, it also has one-off performances such as concerts. Since 1930 it has hosted the Royal Variety Performance 43 times.
After creating the role of Col. Pickering in the London production, Philip Merivale (second from right) played Henry Higgins opposite Mrs. Patrick Campbell (right) when Pygmalion was taken to Broadway (1914)
Shaw in 1879
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Opened in May 1663, it is the oldest theatre in London.
Lynn Fontanne (Eliza) and Henry Travers (Alfred Doolittle) in the Theatre Guild production of Pygmalion (1926)
William Archer, colleague and benefactor of Shaw
Original interior of Savoy Theatre in 1881, the year it became the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by electricity.
First American (serialized) publication, Everybody's Magazine, November 1914
William Morris (left) and John Ruskin: important influences on Shaw's aesthetic views
The Lyceum Theatre, home to Disney's The Lion King.
Lynn Fontanne as Eliza Doolittle in the Theatre Guild production of Pygmalion (1926)
Shaw in 1894 at the time of Arms and the Man
Queen's Theatre showing Les Misérables, running in London since October 1985
Julie Andrews as flower girl Eliza Doolittle meets Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins in the 1956 musical adaptation of Pygmalion, My Fair Lady.
Gertrude Elliott and Johnston Forbes-Robertson in Caesar and Cleopatra, New York, 1906
The restored facade of the Dominion Theatre, as seen in 2017
Cinematographer Harry Stradling poses with Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle on the set of the 1964 movie musical My Fair Lady.
Shaw in 1914, aged 57
The St Martin's Theatre, home to The Mousetrap, the world's longest-running play.
Dublin city centre in ruins after the Easter Rising, April 1916
The exterior of the Old Vic
The rotating hut in the garden of Shaw's Corner, Ayot St Lawrence, where Shaw wrote most of his works after 1906
The Royal Court Theatre. Upstairs is used as an experimental space for new projects—The Rocky Horror Show premiered here in 1973.
Shaw in 1936, aged 80
West End theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue in 2016
Garden of Shaw's Corner
Gilbert and Sullivan play at the Savoy in 1881
"The strenuous literary life—George Bernard Shaw at work": 1904 caricature by Max Beerbohm
Victoria Palace Theatre (showing Billy Elliot in 2012) was refurbished in 2017.
Shaw in 1905
Shaw's complete plays
Bust by Jacob Epstein

Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure.

- Pygmalion (play)

Its English-language premiere took place at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End in April 1914 and starred Herbert Beerbohm Tree as phonetics professor Henry Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle.

- Pygmalion (play)

He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923).

- George Bernard Shaw

Constructed in 1897, Her Majesty's Theatre hosted a number of premieres, including George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in 1914.

- West End theatre

In the 1890s Shaw's plays were better known in print than on the West End stage; his biggest success of the decade was in New York in 1897, when Richard Mansfield's production of the historical melodrama The Devil's Disciple earned the author more than £2,000 in royalties.

- George Bernard Shaw
Illustration depicting Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle

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