The Next Day - Problems with Men:Upon awakening the next morning, Carol barged into he bathroom where Michael was in the middle of grooming with shaving cream covering his face.]Meanwhile, a group of down-and-out, ragged homeless men (including Charlie Bird and Robin Burns) left Camberwell Reception Centre, a hostel (dosshouse or flophouse) for the indigent.Shaw's plot in his 1912 play was derived from Latin poet Ovid's story (in theMetamorphoses) about a character named Pygmalion who fell in love with a beautiful ivory statue of a woman.] The age of Lolita in the novel was raised from 12 years old to that of a typical high-schooler - probably 14 or 15.