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...PYGMALION OR THE DOCTOR OF THE FUTURE?R. M. Wilson, M. B., Ch. B.?Dutton...
...Henry Jewett Company, ensconced in their remodeled theatre, which in its present stage of hospitality is approached by a wooden bridge from Dartmouth Street to the Box Office, presented "Pygmalion" last evening to an enthusiastic audience. There was a slight smell of fresh paint about everything except the performance, which gave promise of a brilliant season. Two of the principal roles were acted by Mr. Clive and Mr. Wingfield, who had done them almost as well before. Miss Willard played Eliza Dolittle with originality and grace. She was not able to make her flower-girl accent sufficiently distinct, except...
...Pygmalion", the shrewd intellect of Shaw is at its clearest and wittiest. He divides the actual from the supposed or imagined with a two-edged sword. He creates true characters, pleasantly individualized. As in all his best plays, so in "Pygmalion" the dramatic technique is perfect. No machinery creaks, no awkward comings in or goings out mar the uproarious comedy of the five acts. One is haunted by the feeling that taken seriously, Mr. Shaw may turn out to be a serious man, and his plays truer than people think. Alfred Dolittle, as an impersonation of "undeserving poverty", which...
Copley.--Return of the Jewett Players to their old home, remodelled and enlarged; reviving an old favorite, Shaws "Pygmalion...
...Radcliffe Guild presented last night a very successful interpretation of Shaw's "Pygmalion" at the Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe College. The play was featured by the acting of Miss Mary Sands as Eliza and Miss Janet Fairbank as Higgins, a specialist in phonetics...