Pygmalion: A Complete Radio Play

This script is an original adaptation for radio theater of George Bernard Shaw's 1912 version of his classic play, "Pygmalion." Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins accepts a challenge to transform Coventry Garden flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady capable of convincing members of the English aristocracy that she is one of their own. The experiment ends with life-changing consequences for both of them...

This script is an original adaptation for radio theater of George Bernard Shaw's 1912 version of his classic play, "Pygmalion." Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins accepts a challenge to transform Coventry Garden flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a lady capable of convincing members of the English aristocracy that she is one of their own. The experiment ends with life-changing consequences for both of them, when Eliza shows she is more than up to the task, and capable of besting Higgins at his own game. Actors must be able to affect passable English accents; Eliza's must pass from Cockney to an over-accentuated aristocratic accent, to a full and natural-sounding upper-class/aristocratic accent.

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Pygmalion: A Complete Radio Play

HIGGINS - Male actor
ELIZA - Female actor
PICKERING - Male actor
DOOLITTLE - Male actor
FREDDY - Young male actor
MRS. HIGGINS - Female actor
MRS. EYNSFORD HILL - Female actor
CLARA - Female actor
MRS. PEARCE - Female actor
PARLOR-MAID - Female actor
BYSTANDER and SARCASTIC BYSTANDER in Act One may be played by other male actors in the cast.
An excellent tranformation of ELIZA's accent from Cockney flower girl to aristocratic may be heard at https://archive.org/details/pygmalion-full

Development History

  • Type Commission, Organization The Windham Theatre Guild, Year 2020

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization The Windham Theatre Guild, Year 2020

Awards

  • Silver Award 2021 Hear Now Palooza
    National Audio Theatre Festivals
    Selection
    2021