My Fair Lady: A Musical Play in Two Acts Based on "Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw

by Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe (Composer)

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Sparkling with wit, wisdom and wonderful songs including, 'I Could Have Danced All Night?, 'Wouldn?t It Be Loverly? and 'Get Me To The Church On Time?, the musical play based on Bernard Shaw?s 'Pygmalion? has been delighting audiences since it was first performed in the 1950s.When overbearing Professor Higgins stumbles on flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, in Covent Garden he recognizes that her hideous vowels and forgotten consonants are all that separate her from the upper classes. Higgins show more wagers that he can pass her off as a Duchess in a matter of weeks. But what will become of Eliza when the bet is over? This edition of 'My Fair Lady? includes the complete script and a selection of black and white stills from the Oscar-winning film starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. show less

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A truly delightful classic with memorable songs and fun antics. It is interesting to see the way that the nature/nurture debate plays out in this piece without ever once mentioning the underlying assumptions, and makes for entertaining theatre, which is read better if you are familiar enough with the piece that you know the tunes to the songs and can hear them in your head.
Even though I hate the ending, I LOVE this play. I get the songs stuck in my head all the freaking time. This is also the only move I love Rex Harrison in.
This is a famous story with Audrey Hepburn.Eliza is a flower-seller on the street.And she has a strong London accent.Professor Higgins met her and started to teach the right accent.Love grows between two different people gradually.

I love this story very much.The book has some pictures of the seans of the movie.Audrey is pretty.I want to watch the movie because I will be able to enjoy more after reading it.
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This is the story that Eliza Doolittle – a young London woman who is flower-seller with a very strong London accent – is educated for being a lady by Professor Higgins. This book was so interesting! But this was originally a musical. Listening to songs, I’ll be able to understand how great it is more. I would like to see it.
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I chose this book because I love Audrey Hepburn.
There are many pictures of seans of the movie, so I could have enjoyed seeing them.
But I think if I had seen the movie or play, I could have enjoyed more because there are some songs in this story.
In the book, words of songs are written, but you can't know the merody.
And the story itself, it is not so good, not so bad.
A young poor flower girl who had strong London accent met two gentlemen in chance.The next day, she offered them that they taught her good English and she started to live with them.She practiced hard and finally, she became a beautiful lady.
It was pretty story and I really enjoyed it. And it showed the view of the English too.I want to watch that movie!
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this stories's main character is a youing London woman with a very strong London accent and Professor Higgins. he manage to correct her accent. he teach her right accent. while he does that, love is growing between very different people. this story has the problem of whta english people think about people who speak their language with differnt accents. it is so enjoyable. and it is worth reading. it was also created as a movie. so after you watch the movie, you can enjoy this book more. i want to watch the movie especially Odolly hepbern. she is very pretty.

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Canonical title
My Fair Lady: A Musical Play in Two Acts Based on "Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw
Original publication date
1956
People/Characters
Eliza Doolittle; Henry Higgins; Colonel Pickering; Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Important places
London, England, UK
Related movies
My Fair Lady (1964 | IMDb)
Original language
English
Disambiguation notice
This is the musical play by Lerner and Lowe. It should not be combined with recordings of the soundtrack or of the film, or with copies of the sheet music.

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Fiction and Literature
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808Literature & rhetoricLiterature, rhetoric & criticismRhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures
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ML50 .L8256 .M9MusicLiterature on musicLiterature on musicLibrettos. Texts. Scenarios
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