The Wicked World The Wicked World The Wicked World is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre on 1873 and ran for a successful 145 performances, closing on 1873. The play is an allegory loosely based on a short illustrated story of the same title by Gilbert, written in 1871 and published in Tom Hood's "Comic Annual", about how pure fairies cope with a sudden introduction to them of "mortal love." Set in "Fairy Land", the action occurs within the space of 24 hours. Gilbert envisioned the set as resembling John Martin's 1853
Pygmalion (1937 film) film was released in the Netherlands as "The English Pygmalion." After the film's release, Director Ludwig Berger departed for America to find his luck. He wanted the first director to make an American version of the film, but Shaw refused an offer to sell the film rights to Hollywood for $200,000. Today the film is seen as one of the three most successful films from the period before the Second World War. On January 25, 2007 the film was released on DVD by the Dutch Filmmuseum. Pygmalion (1937 film) The film takes place in Amsterdam. Elisa "Lizzie" Dolittle (Doeluttel) is