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Who Played Henry Higgins in Pygmalion

Henry Higgins is a role in Pygmalion, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2025.

Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend, Col. Pickering, that he can train a bedraggled Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, to pass for a duchess at an elegant upper-crust event by training her in the external trappings of gentility, the most obvious evidence of which is perfect enunciation and speech. The play, much more than a simple romance, is actually a scathing critique of the rigid British class system of the day as well as a commentary on the inequality of economics and gender.

10 actors have played Henry Higgins in Pygmalion.

View full cast of Pygmalion

Performer Production Opened
Reginald Mason Broadway Pygmalion 1926
Frank Daly Broadway Pygmalion 1938
Raymond Massey Broadway Pygmalion 1945
Anthony Heald Off-Broadway Pygmalion 1991
Jefferson Mays Broadway Pygmalion 2007
Tony Carlin Broadway Pygmalion 2007
Eric Tucker Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2018
Santino Fontana Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2018
Bertie Carvel West End Pygmalion 2023
Mark Evans Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025

Other Roles in Pygmalion

Role Production Opened
Clara/Mary Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Eliza Doolittle Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Ensemble Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Freddy/Alfred Doolittle Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Henry Higgins Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Mrs. Pearce/Mrs. Higgins Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025
Pickering Off-Broadway Pygmalion 2025

“Henry Higgins” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
My Fair Lady Broadway 1981

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