She wants to get a lesson from Higgins to speak English properly. She thinks he is a policeman and charging her for calling a man “Captain”. Meets Henry Higgins outside the Royal Opera House. His aim is to get her to the Embassy Ball as Lady.Ī cockney flower girl and sells flower at the Convent Garden. So here I am, a confirmed old bachelor, and likely to remain so.” (Act 1, Scene 3) Higgins comes from the upper class family.He teaches Eliza to speak proper English. A 40 years old bachelor.“I find that the moment I let myself become friends with a woman, I become selfish and tyrannical. His major interest of study is phonetic.The author of “Higgins’ Universal Alphabet”. Scenes took place are Royal Opera House, Tenement Section, Higgins' House and Study, Ballroom of Embassy, and Flower Market.Ī Professor of Linguistic. Setting: Victorian Era (London in 1912). Genre: Musical Play (Music by Frederick Loewe) Structure: 2 acts, 18 scenes and 21 songs in total. Meanwhile in Pygmalion, Eliza chooses to marry Freddy. Lerner notes “I have omitted the sequel because in it Shaw explains how Eliza ends not with Higgins but with Freddy and – Shaw and Heaven forgive me! – I am not certain he is right.” My Fair Lady ends with Eliza Doolittle chooses to be with Henry Higgins even though it is not an absolute ending. My Fair Lady is written in 1956 by following the original plot as close as possible except for its ending. It is an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (1913).
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