- Eliza Doolittle
- Henry Higgins
- Colonel Pickering
- Freddy
Henry Higgins, professor of phonetics, wagers with Colonel Pickering that he can turn a cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into the toast of London society merely by teaching her how to speak with an upper-class accent.
Arms and the Man
Title comes from opening words of Virgil's Aeneid: "Arma virumque cano" (Of arms and the man I sing.)
- Raina
- Sergius
- Captain Bluntschli
Play takes place during 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. Raina is engaged to Sergius, a hero of the war whom she idolizes. One night, a Swiss voluntary soldier bursts into her bedroom and begs her to hide him so that he is not killed. She complies, even though she thinks he is a coward, especially when he tells her he carries chocolates instead of rifle cartridges. Raina eventually realizes the hollowness of her romantic idea and her fiance's values and marries the "chocolate-cream soldier," Bluntschli, instead.
Man and Superman
Title comes from Nietzche's philosophical ideas about the "superman"
- John Tanner
- Ann
John Tanner is author of "The Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion" and a confirmed bachelor. Ann persists in making him marry her. She is referred to as "The Life Force" and represents Shaw's view that in ever culture, it is the women who force the men to marry them.
Major Barbara
- Major Barbara Shaft
- Lady Britomart
- Sarah and Stephen brritomart
- Charles Lomax
- Adolphus Cusins
Major Barbara Shaft is an officer in The Salvation Army who becomes disillusioned by social ills and the willingness of her Christian denomination of accept money from armament manufacturers, including her own father.
Mrs. Warren's Profession
- Mrs Kitty Warren
- Vivie Warren
Story centers on relationship between Mrs Warren, a prostitute, and her daughter, Vivie. Explores the conflicts of new women of Victorian times, i.e. middle-class girls who want greater social independence in work and education.
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