Dame Diana Rigg flowers again in Pygmalion

Dame Diana Rigg is joining the cast of a new production of Pygmalion - 37 years after playing Eliza Doolittle.

By The Newsroom

Published 25th Mar 2011, 14:56 BST

Updated 25th Mar 2011, 22:06 BST

The former star of 60s TV hit The Avengers will star alongside Rupert Everett and Kara Tointon.

Dame Diana, 72, was in the Bernard Shaw play in 1974, but this time will play the mother of Professor Henry Higgins.