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Starring:
Tim Pigott-Smith as Professor Henry Higgins, Michelle Dockery as Eliza Doolittle
Producer:
Sir Peter Hall, Theatre Royal Bath Productions
Writer:
Bernard Shaw
Sir Peter Hall brings his acclaimed production of Bernard Shaw’s enduring classic Pygmalion to The Old Vic after its highly successful run at the Theatre Royal Bath.
Tim Pigott-Smith returns to The Old Vic stage for the first time since his memorable performance in The Iceman Cometh in 1998 and London audiences will also have the opportunity to discover a remarkable new talent in Michelle Dockery as Eliza Doolittle.
Henry Higgins (Tim Pigott-Smith) is the arrogant Professor of Phonetics who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can turn Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle (Michelle Dockery), into a duchess.
The cast also includes Matt Barber, Peter Cadden, Mark Extance, Tony Haygarth, Barbara Jefford, James Laurenson, Corinna Marlowe, Pamela Miles, Emma Noakes and Una Stubbs.
Press Quotes
"fast moving, hugely funny and touching" Daily Express
"A marvellous play gets the production it deserves"Mail on Sunday
"The finest Shaw in years" Daily Telegraph
"Astonishingly fresh and funny" Sunday Times
"Tim Pigott-Smith's excellent Higgins" The Guardian
"Deliciously funny" The Times (on Michelle Dockery)
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