Mrs. Patrick Campbell as Liza in Shaw's Pygmalion, 1913.

This play is an analogue of The Taming of the Shrew, with Kate and Eliza as dynamic but erratic women unsure of their role in society and Petruchio and Higgins as sparring partners who elicit fresh options. Picture and some data courtesy of the Yorck Project, under Creative Commons Attribution-Share- Alike License (Wikipedia).