Fringed cream silk programme printed with green ink, mounted onto an orange cardboard cover. Silk programme for Pygmalion and Galatea, Royal Lyceum Theatre, 1884 W. S. Gilbert based Pygmalion and Galatea on Ovid's tale of a sculptor who falls in love with a statue. It was first performed at the Haymarket on 9th December 1871, with a New York opening on 1st October 1872. This silk programme was produced for the Lyceum Theatre's revival begun on 8th December 1883, starring the New York revival's lead actress Mary Anderson in the role of Galatea. It was paired with the especially-written one act play Comedy and Tragedy, which was added to the bill on 26th January 1884. The run closed on 5th April to allow Anderson to tour Britain, with the productions resuming at the Lyceum on 6th September 1884. The plays closed on 25th October. This was Anderson's first British season and it established her celebrity in the British Isles. Reviews of the production praised her beauty but were critical of her performance. A review from The Times from 8th September 1884 states: 'So far as a first night audience could furnish a test of popularity, there appeared to be no falling-off in the actress's physical attractiveness, which has always been and must apparently continue to be the principal element in her success. In some respects her rendering of both parts [in Pygmalion and Galatea and Comedy and Tragedy] has improved, though her performance, artistically considered, is still by no means remarkable or exceptional.'