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Professor Bill Yarrow of Joliet Junior College explains the main characters in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Higgins | Henry Higgins, also the note taker in Act 1, is a professor of phonetics and Eliza's tutor. Read More |
| Eliza | Eliza Doolittle, also the flower girl in Act 1, wants to be a lady and comes to Higgins for speech lessons. Read More |
| Pickering | Colonel Pickering, also the gentleman in Act 1, is Eliza's patron and a language expert like Higgins. Read More |
| Doolittle | Alfred Doolittle is Eliza's father, a dustman (garbage man) and a scoundrel. Read More |
| Mrs. Higgins | Mrs. Higgins is Henry Higgins's mother, a wise and stately woman and Eliza's champion. Read More |
| Freddy | Freddy Eynsford Hill is a young gentleman who falls in love with Eliza. Read More |
| Mrs. Pearce | Mrs. Pearce is Higgins's housekeeper who takes on the surrogate role of Eliza's mother. Read More |
| The bystander | The bystander takes refuge from the rain in Act 1 and identifies Higgins as a gentleman by his boots. |
| Clara | Clara Eynsford Hill, also the daughter in Act 1, is sister to Freddy and one of the first to meet the new, more ladylike Eliza. |
| Mrs. Eynsford Hill | Mrs. Eynsford Hill, also the mother in Act 1, is the mother of Freddy and one of the first to meet the new, more ladylike Eliza. |
| The parlor-maid | The parlor-maid is a servant in the home of Mrs. Higgins. |
| The sarcastic bystander | The sarcastic bystander takes refuge from the rain in Act 1 and challenges Higgins to identify where "the gentleman" comes from. |
| The constable | The constable is an older policeman who comes upon Eliza and Freddy kissing at the end of Act 4; he appears in the 1941 text. |
| The first landing footman | The first landing footman is a servant at the embassy; he appears in the 1941 text. |
| The footman | The footman is a servant at the embassy; he appears in the 1941 text. |
| The host | The host receives Eliza at the embassy party; he appears in the 1941 text. |
| The hostess | The hostess receives guests at the embassy party and asks Nepommuck to learn everything he can about Eliza. She appears in the 1941 text. |
| Nepommuck | Nepommuck, also Whiskers in Act 3, is a former student of Henry Higgins who determines that Eliza is a Hungarian princess. He appears in the 1941 text. |
| The second constable | The second constable is a young policeman who tells Eliza and Freddy to move along, off the streets in Act 4. He appears in the 1941 text. |
| The second landing footman | The second landing footman is a servant at the embassy. He appears in the 1941 text. |
| The taximan | The taximan drives Eliza home in Act 1, and later drives her and Freddy to Wimbledon Common in Act 4. He appears in the 1941 text. |
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