Pygmalion

One rainy evening, however, she meets linguist Henry Higgins, who seems both annoyed and fascinated by Eliza's diction and behavior. Eliza, on the other hand, sees Higgins as her chance for a new life and asks him for elocution lessons. He makes a bet with his colleague Colonel Pickering: Higgins will introduce Eliza to the high society of the English upper class within three months.

George Bernard Shaw wrote his ironic-satirical work as a supposed romance without a happy ending.

Pygmalion is based on the myth of the same name by Ovid:
A sculptor promptly carves the perfect sculpture and promptly falls in love with it. Many years later, Shaw's play was adapted as a love story and, under the title My Fair Lady, became a worldwide Broadway and cinema success.

Bastian Kraft places the language experiment at the center of his exploration. Combined with the actors' biographical experiences, he gains a personal insight into how language and class are intertwined.

What exactly is "bad" speech? Can people play all kinds of social roles once they have mastered their language? And aren't they ultimately betting with themselves every day whether others will buy into their own role?