Pygmalion
PygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw
Characters in Pygmalion
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Henry Higgins
An arrogant, brilliant professor of phonetics who wagers he can transform Eliza's speech.
Eliza Doolittle
A Cockney flower girl who is taught to speak like a lady and fights for her own dignity.
Supporting characters
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
A gentle young admirer of Eliza.
Colonel Pickering
A courteous fellow linguist who bets Higgins he cannot pull off the transformation.
Alfred Doolittle
Eliza's opportunistic dustman father, an unlikely moralist.
Mrs. Higgins (Pygmalion)
Henry Higgins's mother, whose social poise contrasts with her son's and who warns him of the consequences Eliza will face once the experiment ends.