Shaw shows the romance within Eliza’s transformation from a poor and uneducated girl into a classy, elite and independent woman. It rather emphasizes on Elizas self-respect.
My Fair Lady has been called "the perfect musical". Based upon the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion who fell in love with his own statue of a woman, George Bernard Shaws. 'My Fair Lady' is a romantic love story with a happy ending while Shaws play does not depict that. It was followed by a hit London production, a popular film version, and many revivals. It set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up to that time. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success. The original Broadway and London shows starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. A very bright example.īased on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, My Fair Lady concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaws 1913 play Pygmalion, with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Octavo, original boards, illustrated, frontispiece of Andrews and Harrison.
Item Number: 134603įirst edition of “one of the best musicals of the twentieth century” (The New York Times). LERNER, Alan Jay Music by Frederick Lowe. My Fair Lady: A Musical Play in Two Acts Based on Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.
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