Pygmalion

Match the following characters and their descriptions

• Authority on phonetics

  Careless about feelings

• Eliza Doolittle

• Member of the 'undeserving poor'

  No morals

• Colonel Pickering

• Elderly gentleman

  Kind to Eliza

• Alfred Doolittle

• Member of the upper class but has no money

  Infatuated with Eliza

• Freddy Eynsford-Hill

• Lower class flower girl

  Passes as a Duchess

• Henry Higgins

Why was the first West End performance run of 'Pygmalion' cut short?​ ​ (a)  

• World War 1 broke out
• The lead actors went on strike
• The theatre burned down
• Low ticket sales
• Bernard Shaw went to prison
• The censors office closed it down

What is the name of the statue Pygmalion creates in the myth?

• Galadne

• Ganymede

• Galatea

• Garramond

• Gazpacho

Who played Eliza in the Broadway musical 'My Fair Lady' in 1956?​ (a)  

• Julie Andrews
• Doris Day
• Judi Dench
• Millicent Martin
• Audrey Hepburn

Which of these descriptions does NOT apply to George Bernard Shaw?

• Anti-vivisectionist

• Proto-feminist

• Smoker

• Teetotaller

• Vegetarian

How old is Eliza in the play?

• 16-18

• 18-20

• 20-22

• 22-24

• 24-26

When Higgins first meets Eliza she is selling

Bertie Carvel won an Olivier Award for best actor in a musical for ​ (a)  

• Matilda
• Phantom of The Opera
• The Lion King
• School of Rock
• Hamilton

Patsy Ferran's most recent West End role was in

• Summer and Smoke

• A Streetcar Named Desire

• The Glass Menagerie

• All My Sons

• My Fair Lady

Where are we seeing 'Pygmalion'?​ (a)  

• The Old Vic
• The Young Vic
• The National Theatre
• The Bridge Theatre
• The Royal Opera House