2008 Woodie Awards
'Pygmalion' to take stage with a 'Fair' adaption
Issue date: 11/9/05 Section: News
Keisha Tinsley
Staff Writer
North Greenville University's theater department is producing the play "Pygmalion," the inspiration for "My Fair Lady."
Dr.. Dale Savidge, will be directing the play and Jessica Snyder, senior theater, will star as Eliza Doolittle for her senior project.
"I never really liked the play," said Snyder. "Because I want to act, I know that I will not get all the roles that I want and that's part of the reason I wanted to do this play. I've learned to love the characters and the play."
The play will run Nov.. 16-18 in Turner Chapel at 8 p.m. Each showing will be approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The play also stars Justin Walker, freshman theater, as Henry Higgins, Matthew Thomason, sophomore theater, as Colonel Pickering, Patrick Thompson, freshman theater, as Mr. Doolittle, Lydia Campbell, sophomore theater, as Mrs. Pearce, and Brittany Teie, junior theater, as Mrs. Higgins.
The story tells of Henry Higgins accepting a bet from his friend and colleague, Colonel Pickering, taking a flower girl off the streets and turning her into a lady. While Higgins succeeds in transforming Eliza Doolittle, a young aristocrat, Freddy Eynsford-Hill, falls in love with Eliza.
The play takes a turn when Henry forgets to give credit to Eliza for her efforts and she leaves him for Freddy. Then Henry realizes that he loves Eliza and does not want to live without her.
"I want to assure the audience that this play is different from "My Fair Lady." The ending is originally how it is supposed to be [and] a lot of things were cut from the original script [by George Bernard Shaw] in order to be appropriate for NGU," said Snyder.
George Bernard Shaw's 1912 play, Pygmalion ran on Broadway from March 15, 1956 to 1967. It was adapted into a film musical, "My Fair Lady," by George Cukor in 1964. Shaw's plot was derived from the Latin poet Ovid's story "Metamorphoses" about a man who fell in love with an ivory statue. In later Greek tradition, Pygmalion prays to Venus that the statue, Galatea, transform into a woman so they could be married.
Staff Writer
North Greenville University's theater department is producing the play "Pygmalion," the inspiration for "My Fair Lady."
Dr.. Dale Savidge, will be directing the play and Jessica Snyder, senior theater, will star as Eliza Doolittle for her senior project.
"I never really liked the play," said Snyder. "Because I want to act, I know that I will not get all the roles that I want and that's part of the reason I wanted to do this play. I've learned to love the characters and the play."
The play will run Nov.. 16-18 in Turner Chapel at 8 p.m. Each showing will be approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes.
The play also stars Justin Walker, freshman theater, as Henry Higgins, Matthew Thomason, sophomore theater, as Colonel Pickering, Patrick Thompson, freshman theater, as Mr. Doolittle, Lydia Campbell, sophomore theater, as Mrs. Pearce, and Brittany Teie, junior theater, as Mrs. Higgins.
The story tells of Henry Higgins accepting a bet from his friend and colleague, Colonel Pickering, taking a flower girl off the streets and turning her into a lady. While Higgins succeeds in transforming Eliza Doolittle, a young aristocrat, Freddy Eynsford-Hill, falls in love with Eliza.
The play takes a turn when Henry forgets to give credit to Eliza for her efforts and she leaves him for Freddy. Then Henry realizes that he loves Eliza and does not want to live without her.
"I want to assure the audience that this play is different from "My Fair Lady." The ending is originally how it is supposed to be [and] a lot of things were cut from the original script [by George Bernard Shaw] in order to be appropriate for NGU," said Snyder.
George Bernard Shaw's 1912 play, Pygmalion ran on Broadway from March 15, 1956 to 1967. It was adapted into a film musical, "My Fair Lady," by George Cukor in 1964. Shaw's plot was derived from the Latin poet Ovid's story "Metamorphoses" about a man who fell in love with an ivory statue. In later Greek tradition, Pygmalion prays to Venus that the statue, Galatea, transform into a woman so they could be married.