# Colonel Pickering — Pygmalion character guide

> Colonel Pickering in Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Pickering, Pickering Cheerfully, Pickering Right, Pickering Oh, Pickering Shaking, Pickering Rising, Pickering Astonished, Pickering Gently, Pickering Laughing, Pickering Quietly, Pickering By Jove, Pickering Doolittle, Pickering Beethoven, Pickering Dressing Eliza, the Colonel, Colonel

**First appearance:** 0002-act-i

## Who they are

A gentleman linguist who bets with Higgins and treats Eliza with kindness.

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