PYGMALION AND GALATEA
W. S. Gilbert
ACT I, SCENE I
Characters: Pygmalion, an Athenian sculptor; Cynisca, his wife; Galatea, an animated statue.
Scene: Pygmalion's studio; several classical statues are placed about the room; at the back a cabinet containing a statue of Galatea, before which curtains are drawn concealing the statue.
Pyg.
It all but breathes—therefore it talks aloud!
It all but moves—therefore it walks and runs!
It all but lives, and therefore it is life!
No, no, my love, the thing is cold, dull stone,