Date: 2008-05-22 14:10 Subject: Pygmalion at the Old Vic review Security: Public Mood: pleased Tags: reviews, theater

Last night I saw Pygmalion at the Old Vic, courtesy of the_magician.

It was a pretty good production. Mr Doolittle (Tony Haygarth), with his rants about middle class morality, was a particular highlight, and got several spontaneous rounds of applause.

It had a lovely old fashioned set, which required the curtains to be drawn so they could do the scene changes. At one point this trapped a sofa cushion on the wrong, so a hand shot out from under the curtain :)

My one complaint would be that Miss Eynsford-Hill (Emma Noakes) was far too quiet. I could hardly hear her at times.

I thought that the ending didn't gell with my memories of the musical. Having looked it up it seems that the ending was changed for the film, but I don't think they quite used the original either. ( Spoiler )

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