William Hunter Kendal Young Marlowe to her Kate Hardcastle. He was also Captain Beauclerc in "Diplomacy", William in "William and Susan", W. G. Wills's customized rewriting of Douglas Jerrold's "Black-Eyed Susan", and Aubrey Tanqueray to his wife's Paula in Pinero's "The Second Mrs Tanqueray". He was Pygmalion to his wife's Galatea in W. S. Gilbert's "Pygmalion and Galatea" (1871), and the pair starred in the series of "fairy comedies" by Gilbert in the early 1870s, including "The Palace of Truth" (1870), "Broken Hearts", "The Wicked World" (1873) and "Broken Hearts" (1875), as well as Gilbert's drama "Charity" (1874). Kendal and his wife starred
Acis and Galatea work went through many revisions and was later to be given updated orchestrations by both Mozart and Mendelssohn. As a pastoral work where Polyphemus plays only a minor, though decisive part, it largely centres on the two lovers. In Austria later in the century, Joseph Haydn composed "Acide e Galatea" (1763). Designed for an imperial wedding, it was given a happier ending centred on the transformation scene after the murder of Acis as the pair declare their undying love. Paintings featuring Acis and Galatea can be grouped according to their themes. Most notably the story takes place within a pastoral