Pygmalion and Galatea (play) Pygmalion and Galatea (play) Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts based on the Pygmalion story. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 9 December 1871 and ran for a very successful 184 performances. It was revived many times, including an 1883 production in New York starring Mary Anderson as Galatea, an 1883–84 revival at the Lyceum Theatre, again with Anderson, and an 1888 production at the Lyceum Theatre, with Julia Neilson as Cynisca. "Pygmalion" was Gilbert's greatest success to that date and is said to
Viktor Krylov Viktor Krylov Viktor Alexandrovich Krylov (, 2 February 1838 — 13 March 1908) was a Russian playwright (who occasionally used the pen name Viktor Alexandrov), theatre critic, librettist, Imperial Theatres official and one of the major contributors to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Born in Moscow to a lawyer, Krylov studied at the Moscow Engineering College where he became friends with César Cui. He started out as a lyricist and co-authored several romances with Cui, and later, in 1857—1859 wrote the librettos for his operas "Prisoner of the Caucasus", "William Ratcliff" and "The Mandarin's Son". In 1858 Krylov debuted