![]() ![]() ![]() Though Higgins sees himself as a kindhearted man who merely cannot get along with women ("I'm an Ordinary Man"), to others he appears self-absorbed and misogynistic. Higgins wagers Pickering that, within six months, by teaching Eliza to speak properly, he will enable her to pass for a proper lady.Įliza becomes part of Higgins's household. Soon after, Eliza comes to Higgins's house, seeking elocution lessons so that she can get a job as an assistant in a florist's shop. Doolittle, stops by the next morning searching for money for a drink (" With a Little Bit of Luck"). Eliza and her friends wonder what it would be like to live a comfortable life (" Wouldn't It Be Loverly?").Įliza's father, Alfred P. Higgins also meets Colonel Pickering, another linguist, and invites him to stay as his houseguest. The noted phonetician Professor Henry Higgins encounters Eliza at Covent Garden and laments the vulgarity of her dialect ("Why Can't the English?"). In Edwardian London, Eliza Doolittle is a flower girl with a thick Cockney accent. Many revivals have followed, and the 1964 film version won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews starred in both productions. It set a record for the longest run of any musical on Broadway up to that time and was followed by a hit London production. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Despite his cynical nature and difficulty understanding women, Higgins grows attached to her. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phonetician, so that she may pass as a lady. My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play Pygmalion, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Original Broadway Poster by Al HirschfeldĢ002 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival ![]()
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