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'''''The First Night of Pygmalion''''' is a play by [[Richard Huggett (playwright)|Richard Huggett]], first performed in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Steven|first1=Alisdair|title=Richard Huggett (Obituary)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18735593.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119100149/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18735593.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=19 November 2018|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=20 April 2000|via=Highbeam.com}} {{subscription}}</ref> It depicts backstage events during the first British production of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]''.
'''''The First Night of Pygmalion''''' is a play by [[Richard Huggett (playwright)|Richard Huggett]], first performed in 1968.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Steven|first1=Alisdair|title=Richard Huggett (Obituary)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18735593.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119100149/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-18735593.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2018|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=20 April 2000}}</ref> It depicts backstage events during the first British production of [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s play ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]''.


It depicts the backstage tensions between Shaw, [[Mrs Patrick Campbell]] who played Eliza Doolitle, and [[Herbert Beerbohm Tree]] who played Professor Higgins, including the controversy surrounding the line "not bloody likely". It is mainly based on letters, diaries and newspaper reports from the time. <ref>https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE7DD1439F931A1575AC0A963948260</ref>
It depicts the backstage tensions between Shaw, [[Mrs Patrick Campbell]] who played Eliza Doolitle, and [[Herbert Beerbohm Tree]] who played Professor Higgins, including the controversy surrounding the line "not bloody likely". It is mainly based on letters, diaries and newspaper reports from the time.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Walter |title=STAGE: At South Street, 'First Night of Pygmalion' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/22/arts/stage-at-south-street-first-night-of-pygmalion.html |work=The New York Times |date=22 September 1985}}</ref>


The play has twice been adapted for British television (in 1969 and 1975).<ref>{{cite web|title=The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1969)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3240016/|website=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3333476/|website=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref>
The play has twice been adapted for British television (in 1969 and 1975).<ref>{{cite web|title=The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1969)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3240016/|website=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3333476/|website=[[Internet Movie Database]]}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 19:15, 14 October 2023

The First Night of Pygmalion is a play by Richard Huggett, first performed in 1968.[1] It depicts backstage events during the first British production of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

It depicts the backstage tensions between Shaw, Mrs Patrick Campbell who played Eliza Doolitle, and Herbert Beerbohm Tree who played Professor Higgins, including the controversy surrounding the line "not bloody likely". It is mainly based on letters, diaries and newspaper reports from the time.[2]

The play has twice been adapted for British television (in 1969 and 1975).[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Steven, Alisdair (20 April 2000). "Richard Huggett (Obituary)". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018.
  2. ^ Goodman, Walter (22 September 1985). "STAGE: At South Street, 'First Night of Pygmalion'". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1969)". Internet Movie Database.
  4. ^ "The First Night of 'Pygmalion' (1975)". Internet Movie Database.


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