In George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion", a modern variant of the myth with a subtle hint of feminism, the underclass flower-girl Eliza Doolittle is metaphorically "brought to life" by a phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, who teaches her to refine her accent and conversation and otherwise conduct herself with upper-class manners in social situations. This play in turn inspired the 1938 film "Pygmalion", as well as the 1956 musical "My Fair Lady" and the 1964 film of the musical "My Fair Lady".