Pygmalion

“Pygmalion” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Pygmalion is a play by George Bernard Shaw, named after the Greek mythological figure.

• The general idea of that myth was a popular subject for Victorian era British playwrights.

In ancient Greek mythology, Pygmalion fell in love with one of his sculptures, which then came to life.