Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion play is named after a Greek mythological figure. In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life....
Arms & The Man
Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw that takes place in 1885, during the Serbo-Bulgarian War. Raina Petkoff is engaged to the gallant Sergius Saranoff, hero of the...
Caesar And Cleopatra
In the moonlit desert, an aging Roman conqueror imparts the lessons of rulership to a young, impulsive Egyptian queen. Their relationship defies the expectations of a tragic...
Augustus Does His Bit: A True-to-life Farce
In the small town of Little Pifflington, Lord Augustus Highcastle tells his secretary Horatio Beamish that the war is a very serious matter, especially as he has three German...
Arms And The Man
The play takes place during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. Its heroine, Raina Petkoff, is a young Bulgarian woman engaged to Sergius Saranoff, one of the heroes of that war, whom...
Caesar And Cleopatra
Cleopatra sleeping between the paws of a Sphinx. Caesar, wandering lonely in the desert night, comes upon the sphinx and speaks to it profoundly. Cleopatra wakes and, still...
Great Catherine: Whom Glory Still Adores
Captain Charles Edstaston is assigned to the Imperial Russian court in Saint Petersburg, during the 34-year rule of Empress Catherine the Great, and brings his fiancee, Claire,...
Man And Superman
Don Juan is more than just an infamous womaniser. For he has been the 'Don Juan' of Bryon's epic poem, the 'Don Giovanni' of Mozart's opera and the main man in the play 'The...
Il Nodo Impossibile
Cosa succede quando un inventore dall'animo sensibile, sposa una ragazza dell’aristocrazia londinese convinto che la sua classe sociale possa comprendere meglio il suo...
Pigmalione
In questa commedia, George Bernard Shaw reinventa il celebre mito del Pigmalione di Ovidio in un’opera brillante e assolutamente attuale. Il professor Henry Higgins, esperto...
