The 'B' Word
Alistair McGowan writes and stars in a play about the scandalous opening night of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2017
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Episodes
- 1
- Starring
- Alistair McGowan, David Sturzaker, Charlotte Page, Richard McCabe, Georgie Glen, Philip Fox, Simon Ludders, Charlie Clements and others
- Writer
- Alistair McGowan
- Director
- Emma Harding
Alistair McGowan writes and stars in a play about the scandalous opening night of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion - the first time the word "bloody" was used on the British stage.
The production also created a passionate love-hate triangle of Shaw, his leading man, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and his leading lady, the irrepressible Mrs Patrick Campbell, who played the 19-year-old Eliza Doolittle at the age of 49.