However, Shaw, having had a bad experience with The Chocolate Soldier, a Viennese operetta based on his play Arms and the Man, refused permission for Pygmalion to be adapted into a musical.
Men Shaw, som hade haft dåliga erfarenheter med Chokladsoldaten (en wieneroperett byggd på hans pjäs Arms and the Man), vägrade ge tillstånd att omvandla Pygmalion till en musikal.