The moral for both stories can be interpreted through the lens of how people should strive towards self-perfection rather than physical perfection when it comes to relationships or anything else like what happens between Galatea and Pygmalion., Pygmalion and GalateaPygmalion and Galatea Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts based on the Pygmalion story. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 9 December 1871 and ran for a very successful 184 performances. It was revived many times, includi… is a story about the relationship between art and reality.