Musicals / My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady is a musical stage play based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story centres around Henry Higgins, a conceited language professor (phoneticist) who teaches Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl from the gutter who takes speech lessons from the professor so that she may pass and behave like a lady.
Adapted by Ian Dalrymple, the play was later remade as My Fair Lady, which won several Oscars. Stars Oscar-winning actors Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. (Be aware: The video contains profanity.)
The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notably critical and popular success. It set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up to that time. It was followed by a hit London production, a popular film version, and numerous revivals. My Fair Lady's original Broadway, London and film versions all starred Rex Harrison.The movie version starred Audrey Hepburn instead of Julie Andrews.
The Broadway stage production original cast:
Video Credit:
Julie Andrews - The Rain in Spain (My Fair Lady). Youtube, uploaded by Ana Rita. Accessed October 1, 2013.
Pygmalion (1938). Full movie (captioned). Youtube, uploaded by dcmpnad. Accessed July 26, 2013.
Wouldn't it Be Loverly - Julie Andrews (My Fair Lady). Youtube, uploaded by Catia Adao. Accessed Jul 26, 2009. (Julie Andrews was cast as Eliza Doolittle on the original stage version of My Fair Lady, but in the movie version, Audrey Hepburn starred. In the video above, it's Julie Andrews singing "Wouldn't it Be Loverly."
Resource:
My Fair Lady. en.wikipedia.org. Accessed July 26, 2017.
(c) 2007-2017. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
My Fair Lady is a musical stage play based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story centres around Henry Higgins, a conceited language professor (phoneticist) who teaches Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl from the gutter who takes speech lessons from the professor so that she may pass and behave like a lady.
Adapted by Ian Dalrymple, the play was later remade as My Fair Lady, which won several Oscars. Stars Oscar-winning actors Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. (Be aware: The video contains profanity.)
The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notably critical and popular success. It set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up to that time. It was followed by a hit London production, a popular film version, and numerous revivals. My Fair Lady's original Broadway, London and film versions all starred Rex Harrison.The movie version starred Audrey Hepburn instead of Julie Andrews.
The Broadway stage production original cast:
- Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics - Rex Harrison
- Eliza Doolittle, a young Cockney flowerseller – Julie Andrews
- Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza's father, a dustman - Stanley Holloway
- Mrs. Higgins, Higgins's socialite mother – Cathleen Nesbitt
- Colonel Hugh Pickering, Higgins's friend and fellow phoneticist - Robert Coote
- Freddy Eynsford-Hill, a young socialite and Eliza's suitor – John Michael King
- Mrs. Pearce, Higgins's housekeeper – Philippa Bevans
- Mrs. Eynsford-Hill, Freddy's mother – Viola Roache
- Zoltan Karpathy, Higgins's former student and rival – Christopher Hewett
Video Credit:
Julie Andrews - The Rain in Spain (My Fair Lady). Youtube, uploaded by Ana Rita. Accessed October 1, 2013.
Pygmalion (1938). Full movie (captioned). Youtube, uploaded by dcmpnad. Accessed July 26, 2013.
Wouldn't it Be Loverly - Julie Andrews (My Fair Lady). Youtube, uploaded by Catia Adao. Accessed Jul 26, 2009. (Julie Andrews was cast as Eliza Doolittle on the original stage version of My Fair Lady, but in the movie version, Audrey Hepburn starred. In the video above, it's Julie Andrews singing "Wouldn't it Be Loverly."
Resource:
My Fair Lady. en.wikipedia.org. Accessed July 26, 2017.
(c) 2007-2017. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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