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Contentg

The Author — Background — the Plot The Characters

1         Caught in the Rain

2         An Unexpected Meeting. p. 10 3 Eliza Doolittle. p. 12 4 An Interesting Project. p. 14 5 A Man With No Morals. p. 16

6   Eliza's Ambitionp. 18 7 Eliza's First Outing. p. 20

8 The New Slang. p. 22

9 Who Is Eliza?. p. 24 10 A Princess Of Royal Blood. p. 26 11 After The Party. p. 28 12 The Search For Eliza. p. 30 13 A True Lady. p. 32 Did you know... ?. p. 34

Activities p. 35 p. 44 p. 45

           Play                                                                                                p. 49

George Bernard Shaw was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 26th July 1856. He came from a middle class family and received a good education. He was educated at the Dublin English Scientific and Commercial Day School. In 1876, he moved to London to become a writer. He was fascinated by languages, English in particular.

Shaw wrote five novels, none of which were published. He then worked as a music and drama critic, writing reviews of plays and concerts. After this, he went on to write over 50 plays, some of which are still performed today. These include: Widower's Houses (1892), Mrs Warren's Profession (1893) and You Never Can Tell (1895).

In 1898 Shaw married Charlotte Payne-Townshend. By this time, he had become quite a famous playwright. His plays were so clever and funny that, while watching one of them, King dward Vll laughed so hard that he broke the chair he was sitting on! In 1912 Shaw wrote his most famous play, Pygmalion, and in 1938 it was turned into a film. It was very successful, and Shaw was awarded an Oscar for his screenplay. In 1925 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature and so became the first writer to win both of these distinguished awards.

Shaw died in 1950 at the age of 94, after falling from a ladder. It wasn't until after his death that the popular musical My Fair Lady, which was based on Pygmalion, was released. But even to this day, Shaw is remembered as one of the greatest playwrights of all ti

THE BACKGROUND

Pygmalion, a play by George Bernard Shaw, was written in 1912 and is the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, who makes a bet with his friend, Colonel Pickering, that he can transform a common flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a 'proper' lady. Higgins succeeds in teaching her how to speak with a proper upper-class accent.

In Shaw's time, upper-class people pronounced their words clearly. However, the working class in London spoke with a strong Cockney accent and often used incorrect grammar, as well. In Pygmalion, Higgins believes that he can teach anyone to sound like a member of the English upper class.

The play was first performed in German, at the Hofburg Theatre in Vienna, on 16th October 1913. The first production in English opened at His Majesty's Theatre in London, on 1 Ith April 1914, and was directed by Shaw himself.

The play is extremely popular, and many variations of it have been made. In 1938 it was made into a film and in 1956 the Broadway musical My Fair Lady was produced. In 1964 a film version of the musical, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, was released. In 1999, the film She's All That told a modern version of Shaw's story.

THE PLOT

Professor Henry Higgins, who is a professor of phonetics, and Colonel Pickering, who is an expert on Indian dialects, first meet at Covent Garden on a rainy night. Higgins makes a bet with Pickering that he can transform the speech and manners of Eliza Doolittle, a common flower girl, and present her, as a duchess, to the members of London's upper class.

Higgins spends the next few months coaching Eliza on how to speak and behave properly. After that, Higgins decides he must put his project to the test. So, Higgins and Pickering take Eliza to Higgins' mother's home, where she is introduced to the Eynsford-Hill family. The son, Freddy, is extremely drawn to Eliza and finds her charismatic. A few months later, the two men take Eliza to an ambassador's party, which is a roaring success. Everyone actually believes Eliza to be a lady, but Higgins and Pickering have become bored with the project. When Eliza finds out, she is upset and leaves the house in the middle of the night.

The next morning, alarmed to find Eliza missing, Higgins hurries to his mother's house. Knowing exactly where Eliza is, Mrs Higgins does not tell her son of Eliza's whereabouts until she has made perfectly clear to both him and Pickering that they have been selfish. When Higgins and Eliza finally do meet, Higgins sees that Eliza has now become a true lady. He requests that she return to Wimpole Street, but Eliza has other ideas.

THE CHARACTERS

PROFESSOR HENRY HIGGINS

... is a clever man who is interested in the English language. Although he is a good man, generally speaking, he can be a bit arrogant at times.

ELIZA DOOLITTLE

... is a girl who sells flowers on the street. She speaks workingclass Cockney English, but is willing to refine her speech and behaviour when given the opportunity. Eliza is a common but quite sensitive girl who gets upset easily. She eventually transforms into a lady worthy of admiration.

COLONEL PICKERING

. is also a man who is interested in how people speak. He has a lot in common with Professor Higgins, and they become good friends. Pickering is a very polite man. He is intelligent, like his friend, and has some clever ideas. He is better at getting along people than the Professor.

MRS PEARCE

... is Professor Higgins' housekeeper. She is a strict woman who seems to look down on lower-class people. Being a sensible woman, she finds the Professor's idea of changing Eliza into a lady inappropriate.

MRS HIGGINS

... is the Professor's mother. She is a sociable person who becomes upset at the idea that she could lose her friends. She is a respectable lady who does not approve of the Eliza Doolittle experiment. She is kind to Eliza when the Professor upsets her.

MRS EYNSFORD-HILL

... is a middle-aged woman who mixes in London's upper-class society. She is a model of English good manners. Although her behaviour is rather conservative and old-fashioned, she is less snobbish than her daughter, Clara. CLARA EYNSFORD-HILL ... is a snobbish, haughty young lady who doesn't have much patience with workingclass people. She enjoys keeping up with the latest fashions in high society.

... is an extremely cheerful young man who likes having fun. Freddy falls in love with Eliza and he doesn't care about her social background or the way she speaks. He is not a snob like his sister.

ALFRED DOOLITTLE

. is Eliza's father. He is not an educated man but he is very quick-witted. Although Alfred loves his daughter, he is willing to allow other people to look after her if he believes that this will benefit her and, more importantly, himself.

FREDDY EYNSFORD-HILL

7

f . caught

It was raining heavily in Coven ÇLn. Under the entrance of St Paul's Church, a group of people were gathered, ater off their clothes and peering out at the rain. One man, however, did not seem to care about the dreadful weather. He had his back to the others and was busily writing in a notebook.

Clara Eynsford-Hill was looking out at the pouring rain. At one point, she turned to her mother with an annoyed expression on her face.

"Where can Freddy be?" she asked. "He's been gone for twenty minutes. "

Mrs Eynsford-Hill shook her head. "l don't know," she said. "He must have found a cab by now. " Just then, Freddy ran in from the rain, closing his dripping umbrella.

"I'm afraid I can't find a cab," he told his mother and sister.

"Oh, Freddy," sighed Clara. "You didn't try properly. Go and look again!"

"There aren't any cabs, I tell you," replied Freddy. "The rain came on suddenly, and everybody wanted to take a cab. There simply aren't any left. "

"Don't be silly, Freddy," said Mrs Eynsford-Hill. "Go and look again and don't come back until you've found a cab."

Freddy sighed. "Oh, very well," he said. "I'll go."

He opened his umbrella and ran back out into the street, but he ra@áight into a young girl with a basket of flowers. The basket fell to the ground, and the flowers laOåed in the wet, muddy street. "0w, Freddy, look where you's going, won't ya?" cried the girl\as she picked up her flowers.

"Sorry!" said Freddy and ran off to look for a taxi.

"Well, there's rude for ya!" said the girl as she sat at the foot of a column in the church entrance.

Mrs Eynsford-Hill looked at the girl.

"Excuse me," she said. "But how do you know my son's name?"

"0w, he's your son, is he?" said the girl. "Well, you didn't taught him no manners, did ya? He done spoil my flowers and didn't paid me for them. Will you pay me?" Clara Eynsford-Hill took hold of her mother's arm.

"Don't give her any money, Mother," she said. "You shouldn't give her anything."

"Please be quiet, Clara, " said Mrs Eynsford-Hill. "Have you got any pennies?" "No," said Clara. "I've only got sixpence. "

Mrs Eynsford-Hill took the coin from her daughter and gave it to the flower girl. The girl took the coin quickly.

"Thank ya, lady!" she cried.

"Make her give you the change, Mother," said Clara. "Those flowers are only a penny a bunch. " Mrs Eynsford-Hill ignored her daughter.

"You can keep the change," she said to the girl, "but please tell me how you know my son's name. "

"l don't!" replied the flower girl. "l only called him Freddy or Charlie, same as I'd call any stranger when I wanted to be friendly. "

"Really, Mother!" said Clara in disgust. "What a waste of a sixpence!"

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Mrs Eynsford-Hill and her daughter walked away from the flower girl, leaving her sitting at the base of one of the church columns. The girl watched as an elderly gentleman rushed out of the rain, closing his wet umbrella and shaking the water from his clothes.

"Be a gentleman, sir, and buy a flower off a poor girl, " said the flower girl.

"I'm sorry, I haven't any change," said the gentleman. He felt around in his coat pocket. "No, wait! Here's three pence. You can have that."

"You'd better give him a flower for his money," said a bystander. "There's a man here writing down every word you're saying. "

The flower girl jumped up, terrified.

"l ain't done nothing wrong! All I done is ask the gentleman to buy a flower. Oh, sir, don't let him charge me!" cried the girl almost hysterically, addressing the gentleman.

"There, there! Who's hurting you, you silly girl? What do you take me for?" said the note taker coming forward.

"Don't worry, girl," said the man trying to help her. "He ain't a policeman. Are you?"

"Do I look like a policeman?" said the man with the notebook. "Now tell me, young man, how is life in Selsey?"

"How do you know I'm from Selsey?" asked the bystander. "Are you a fortune teller? Do someone else! Where does he come from?" He pointed at the elderly gentleman.

"Cheltenham, Harrow, Cambridge and India," said the man with the notebook.

"Quite right!" exclaimed the gentleman. "How on earth did you know that?"

"It's simple phonetics. It's the science of speech. It's my job and also my hobby. I can tell where anyone comes from by the way they speak. "

"But can you make a living doing that?" asked the gentleman.

"A very good one, actually," said the man with the notebook. He turned and pointed to the flower girl. "You see this creature here, with her terrible English? In just three months I could pass her off as a duchess. I could even get her a place as a shop assistant, which requires better English."

"Well, that's very interesting," said the gentleman. "I'm an expert on Indian dialects myself."

"Are you?" interrupted the man with the notebook. "Do you know Colonel Pickering? He wrote a book about Indian dialects. "

"l am Colonel Pickering!" he exclaimed. "Who are you?"

"I'm Professor Henry Higgins."

"Well, I never!" laughed the Colonel. "l came to London to meet you!"

"How wonderful!" said Professor Higgins. "Come and see me tomorrow. I live at 27A Wimpole Street. Look, the rain has stopped now, so I must go. I look forward to seeing you in the morning." As the two men left the shelter of the church entrance, the flower girl called up to them. "Buy a flower before you goes!"

Professor Higgins threw a handful of coins into the girl's basket, and she picked them up, staring at the money in wonder.

Colonel Pickering visited Professor Higgins the next day, and the two men sat in Higgins' study and discussed the wide variety of Indian dialects. Higgins played records of different dialects on his phonograph, and the two men listened with interest.

There was a knock at the study door, and Higgins' housekeeper, Mrs Pearce, entered the room.

"What is it, Mrs Pearce?" asked Professor Higgins.

"There's a young woman here to see you, sir."

"A young woman!" exclaimed Higgins. "What does she want?"

"Well, she's a very common girl, sir. I tried to send her away, but she says you'll be glad to see her. " "l see," said Higgins. "Does she have an interesting accent?"

"Oh, it's dreadful, sir," said Mrs Pearce.

"Very well!" said Higgins. "Send her in!"

He rushed across to the table and picked up a new cylinder to use on his phonograph.

"This is lucky!" he said to Colonel Pickering. "Now I can show you how I make records!"

Mrs Pearce returned and showed in Higgins' visitor. It was the flower girl from Covent Garden.

"Oh no!" said Higgins. "This is the girl I met last night. I've already recorded her accent so she's no use. Get out, girl! I don't want you here."

"Don't you be so rude to me," said the girl. "You ain't heard why I come here yet. I'm come to have lessons, I am, and, if you was a gentleman, you might ask me to sit down." The two men stared at her, amazed.

"Pickering, shall we ask her to sit down or shall we throw her out?"

"Do sit down," said Colonel Pickering gently. "Now tell us, what is it you want?"

"l wants to be a lady. He said he could make me one. So, here I am, ready to pay him for lessons." "What's your name?" asked Professor Higgins.

"Eliza Doolittle. "

"And how much do you intend to pay me for the lessons, Eliza?"

"Well, a friend of mine gets French lessons for eighteen pence an hour. I ain't paying as much to learn my own language, so I won't give more than a shilling. Take it or leave it."

"A shilling," murmured Higgins. "Do you know, Pickering, that a shilling is about forty percent of her daily income! If a millionaire paid me forty percent of his daily income for a lesson, he would pay me sixty pounds!"

The flower girl jumped up in horror.

"Sixty pounds!" she cried. "l never said nothing about sixty pounds! I ain't got sixty pounds!" She fell back into her chair and started to sob, wiping her nose on her sleeve.

"Oh, please be quiet," said Higgins. "And take this." He handed her his handkerchief.

"What's this for?" asked Eliza, taking the white square of material from the Professor.

"It's to wipe your eyes and any other part of your face that feels wet," said Higgins. "Remember, this is your handkerchief and that's your sleeve. Don't confuse the two if you want to become a lady. "

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Colonel Pickering stared at the flower girl with interest.

"Higgins, I have an idea!" he said. "You're the greatest teacher alive. Do you think you can make this girl into a lady in time for the Ambassador's party? I'll bet you all the expenses of the experiment you can't do it, and I'll pay for the lessons!" Now, Eliza stared at Colonel Pickering.

"Oh! You're a real gentleman!" she cried.

The Professor was tempted.

"It's certainly an interesting experiment! She's so very common ... so very dirty!"

"0w! I ain't dirty!" cried Eliza. "l washed my face and hands before I come, I did!"

Higgins did not seem to hear her. "l shall do it!" he said. "l shall make this awful creature into a lady!" "Aaaaah-ow!" cried Eliza.

Higgins became excited. "Yes, in just six months, I shall be able to take her anywhere and make people believe she's a duchess! Take her away and clean her up, Mrs Pearce! Take all her clothes and burn them. Call and order some new ones and wrap her in brown paper until they arrive!" "0w! You're no gentleman, you're not! I'm a good girl, I am!" cried Eliza.

"Now, now, young lady," said Higgins. "You've got to learn how to behave like a duchess. Take her away, Mrs Pearce. "

"But I haven't got anywhere to put her," said Mrs Pearce. "Then put her in the dustbin!" said Higgins. "Aaaaah-ow!" cried Eliza again.

"Oh, Professor Higgins," said Mrs Pearce, taking the Professor to one side. "You can't do this.

You don't know anything about this girl. She may be married!"

"Married!" interrupted Eliza. "Who'd marry me?"

"My word, Eliza!" said Higgins, suddenly becoming friendly towards the poor girl. "There will be a queue of men outside this door waiting to marry you by the time I've finished with you!"

"Oh, do be sensible, Professor," said Mrs Pearce. "You must think about what will happen to this girl. Are you going to pay her wages? And where will she go when you finish your experiment?"

"When I've finished with her, she can go anywhere she likes and do anything she likes!" cried Higgins. "She will be a lady! What do you think of that, Eliza?" "Well said Eliza.

"You shall stay with me for the next six months," said Higgins, "and you will learn how to speak beautifully. At the end of six months, we shall go to the Ambassador's ball. If anyone finds out you're not a lady, I shall lose my bet. But if they believe that you are a lady, then you shall have a present of seven-and-sixpence to start life with as a lady in a flower shop. What do you think?" "l think you'd better let me speak to the girl in private," said Mrs Pearce.

"Very well, Mrs Pearce!" said Higgins. "Take her off to the bathroom and clean her up. "

"You're a bully, you are!" cried Eliza as Mrs Pearce led her out of the room. "l won't stay here if I don't like it! I'm a good girl, I am!"

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Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering were sitting by the fire when Mrs Pearce returned to the room. "Is the girl clean yet?" asked Higgins.

"Yes, sir, " replied Mrs Pearce, "but I'm afraid we have another problem now. There's a Mr Alfred Doolittle here to see you. He says you have his daughter." "Very well. Send the man in," said Higgins resolutely.

Mrs Pearce left the room and, when she returned, she was followed by an elderly man in extremely dirty clothes. Alfred Doolittle was a dustman but he did not seem to feel uncomfortable in a rich man's home. He looked at the two gentlemen as he entered the room.

"Professor Higgins?" he asked.

"Here," said Higgins. "Do sit down."

Alfred sat in a large armchair, as if he was used to such comfort.

"l come about a very serious matter," he said. "l want my daughter."

"Of course you do," said Higgins. "You're her father, aren't you, and I don't imagine anyone else wants her. She's upstairs. Take her away at once. "

This was not the reaction Alfred had expected. He stood up, startled.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Well, I'm not going to keep your daughter for you!" said Higgins. "Take her away! How dare you come here and try to blackmail me?"

"Blackmail you? What are you talking about?" asked Alfred.

"You sent her here on purpose!" said Higgins. "You want money! I shall call the police!" He moved towards the telephone, and Alfred put a hand out to stop him.

"Now wait a second!" cried Alfred. "l never said nothing about money!"

"Well, what else have you come here for?" asked Higgins. "How did you know she was here?"

"I'll tell you if you'll only let me get a word in," said Alfred. "I'm willing to tell you. I'm wanting to tell you. I'm waiting to tell you."

"Listen, Pickering," Higgins said, turning to the Colonel. "This man has a natural gift for public speaking. Alfred, do go on with your story."

"Well," continued Alfred. "Eliza sent a boy for her things, and I met him on the street. He told me where she was, so I come here to find out what was going on."

"l see," said Higgins. "Well, you can take her away now. "

"Now hold on," said Alfred. "l like you, and I can see that you're a gentleman. I'm sure we can come to an arrangement. After all, what's five pounds to you and what's Eliza to me?"

"You mean you would sell your daughter to us?" cried Pickering. "Have you no morals?"

"l can't afford morals," said Alfred. "Nor could you if you was as poor as me! Morals are for the rich. " Professor Higgins walked to the desk and picked up his wallet.

"We shall give the man five pounds, Pickering, and we shall write to Professor Wannafeller, the famous Professor of Morality. We shall tell him that if he ever wants a man to lecture on morality amongst the poorer classes, he should send for Mr Alfred Doolittle!"

⁰ 6. CQ$a'g cAmbttton ^o

Higgins took a five-pound note from his wallet and handed it to Eliza's father.

"Are you sure you don't want more?" Higgins asked. "l can give you ten pounds if you like."

"Oh, no," said Alfred. "Ten pounds is too much. Five pounds is all I want. Thank you, sir."

Alfred hurried to the door, keen to get away with the money before Higgins changed his mind. It was then that he ran into a beautiful young lady in a simple blue cotton kimono with a pattern of white jasmine blossoms on it. Mrs Pearce was with her.

"Excuse me, miss," Alfred said respectfully, getting out of the lady's way.

"Blimey!" said the lady in surprise. "Don't you know your own daughter?"

Alfred looked up and realised that the lady was not Japanese after all. In fact, she was his daughter, Eliza. He couldn't believe his eyes, and nor could Higgins and Pickering. "Well, I never!" they exclaimed simultaneously. "It's Eliza!" "Don't I look silly?" Eliza said.

"Silly?" asked Higgins in surprise. He thought that Eliza looked quite beautiful.

"Mr Higgins, please don't make the girl conceited about herself," said Mrs Pearce at the door.

"I'll look alright with my hat on," said Eliza. She picked up her hat and put it on. Then she walked across the room to the fireplace with a fashionable air.

"Well, I never thought she'd be as good looking as that," Alfred said proudly.

"You'll come regularly to see your daughter," Higgins said to Alfred. "It's your duty, you know. " Alfred looked uncomfortable and moved towards the door.

"Of course I'll come. I can't come this week, though, because I have a job out of town. But I'll come later. Afternoon, gentlemen, " said Alfred and hurried out of the door.

"Don't you believe the old liar," Eliza said to Higgins. "You won't see him again in a hurry. " "l don't want to see him, Eliza," said Higgins. "Do you?"

"Not me," said Eliza. "l don't want never to see him again, I don't. He's a disgrace to me, he is. I'm going to be a lady now. I should like to take a taxi to the corner of my street and get out there, just to show everyone what I look like now. I wouldn't speak to them, you know. "

"Perhaps you should wait until you have some more fashionable clothes, " said Pickering. "Your new things will be here soon."

"Besides, you shouldn't be rude to your old friends just because you have nicer clothes and a better place to live," said Higgins. "You mustn't be a snob."

"Don't call them my friends," said Eliza. "They laughed at me in the past, and now I want to put them in their place. But I'll wait for my clothes. Mrs Pearce says I'll wear different clothes to sleep at night and different clothes in the daytime. "

Just then, Mrs Pearce came back into the room.

"The new clothes have come for Eliza to try on," she announced.

Eliza cried out excitedly and rushed out of the room with Mrs Pearce following her.

Higgins and Pickering looked at each other.

"We have taken on a difficult job, Pickering," said Higgins, and the Colonel nodded.

Eliza worked with Professor Higgins for hours every day, learning to speak the English language the way a lady would speak it. Higgins made Eliza repeat the same vowel sounds over and over again until she was exhausted, while he kept striding about the room restlessly.

"Stop and say it again," Higgins would say, roaring with anger.

"l can't," Eliza would insist.

It was hard work, and Eliza often became frustrated and angry, shouting at Professor Higgins and refusing to speak anymore. The Professor was not always kind to poor Eliza. He often insulted her and upset her even more. If it hadn't been for the reassuring and gentle Colonel, Eliza would have run back into the street.

However, one day, Professor Higgins decided that it was time to test Eliza by introducing her to some upper-class people, His mother often invited this sort of people to her home for afternoon tea and conversation. The Professor decided that, this afternoon, Eliza would be one of his mother's guests and he set off for her house.

He arrived early in order to tell his mother about his plan. Mrs Higgins was not pleased to see him.

"What are you doing here, Henry?" she asked. "Go home at once. You know this is the day when I invite people to tea. "

"Yes, I know, Mother," said Higgins. "This is why I have come."

"But you mustn't stay!" cried Mrs Higgins. "I'm serious. You offend all my friends, and then they never want to visit me again!"

"Nonsense!" cried Higgins. "l know I'm not good at small talk but people don't mind. Anyway, I've got a job for you. I've picked up a girl. She's coming to see you."

"Oh, Henry," gasped Mrs Higgins. "Do you mean that you've fallen in love? At last!"

"No, Mother," said Higgins bluntly. "l can't be bothered with young women who hardly resemble you. This girl is a project. She's a common flower girl. I've picked her off the street." "And you invited her to my at-home day!" Mrs Higgins cried in despair.

"Don't worry," said Higgins. "I've taught her to speak properly and I've told her only to talk about the weather and everybody's health. It will be quite safe."

"Oh, Henry! How could you be so silly!"

"Listen, Mother," Higgins went on impatiently. "I've got a bet with Pickering that I can make this girl into a lady in six months and convince everyone that she is a duchess. Her English is almost as good as your French. "

"This is satisfactory," said Mrs Higgins, a bit reassured.

"Well, it is and it isn't", said Higgins.

"What does that mean?" his mother asked, becoming alarmed again.

"Well," said Higgins. "She pronounces all her words properly. The trouble is, you have to think not only about how a girl pronounces words, but also what words she pronounces ...

No sooner had he finished his sentence than the maid announced that Mrs Higgins' guests had arrived.

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Mrs Eynsford-Hill sat in Mrs Higgins' drawing room. Her son, Freddy, and her daughter, Clara, were also there. So was Colonel Pickering. Professor Higgins stood by the window, looking out at the street. He did not like the Eynsford-Hills very much but he thought they would be just fine for Eliza to meet.

"What on earth are we going to talk about until Eliza comes? We are supposed to be civilised and cultured but who really knows all about poetry and philosophy and art and science and so on? What on earth do I know of philosophy?"

"Or of manners, Henry," said his mother warningly.

Just then Eliza arrived. The guests were so impressed by her beauty that they all rose.

After asking everyone "How do you do?" in perfect English, there was a long, uncomfortable silence, as everyone tried desperately to think of something to say. Mrs Higgins was the first to speak. She decided to mention the weather, as it was one of the two subjects that Eliza was allowed to talk about.

"Will it rain, do you think?" she asked her guests.

"There are no indications of any great change in the barometrical situation," said Eliza.

Freddy found this extremely funny and broke into laughter.

"What is wrong with that, young man?" asked Eliza, pronouncing each word clearly and correctly. "l bet I got it right."

"l hope it won't turn cold," said Mrs Eynsford-Hill. "Our whole family suffer from influenza when the weather turns cold. "

"My aunt died of influenza," said Eliza. "At least, that's what they said. If you ask me, they did her in."

"Did her in?" asked Mrs Higgins. "What on earth do you mean, my dear?"

"It's the new slang!" Higgins interrupted quickly. "It means, to kill someone."

"Do you mean, " said Mrs Higgins, staring at Eliza in horror, "that you think someone killed your aunt?" "Yes!" cried Eliza. "She was as strong as a horse. Ain't no way she died of influenza! Not her!" Eliza stopped when she saw that Freddy was laughing.

"Here! What are you laughing at? I haven't said anything funny, have l?" "It's the new slang," laughed Freddy. "You do it so well!"

Higgins coughed loudly and looked at his watch. Eliza realised that it was time to go.

"Well, I must go. I am pleased to have met you. Goodbye!" she said shaking hands with Mrs Higgins.

When Eliza had gone, Mrs Eynsford-Hill shook her head in shock.

"Well," she said, "l really don't think I can manage the new slang!"

"Oh, Mother!" cried Clara. "People will think we are so old-fashioned if you don't get used to it!" Mrs Eynsford-Hill looked worried.

"It's time for us to go," she said. "We have another home to visit this afternoon."

Higgins showed the Eynsford-Hills to the door. His mother invited Freddy, who seemed enthusiastic about Eliza, to meet Miss Doolittle on another one of her at-home days.

As he said goodbye to Clara, Higgins smiled wickedly.

"Make sure you try out that new slang at the next home you visit!" he said. "Oh, I will!" said Clara. "It's such fun!"

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When the Eynsford-Hills had driven away, Higgins returned to the drawing room and sat down next to his mother.

"Well, mother, what do you think?" he asked. "Is Eliza a lady?"

"You silly boy, " said Mrs Higgins. "Of course she's not a lady! She's beautiful, and her pronunciation is perfect, but every word that comes out of her mouth shows that she is still a common girl!" Pickering looked thoughtful.

"Do you think we can do something about her language?" he asked.

"Not while Henry is her teacher," said Mrs Higgins, looking at her son with displeasure. "His language is hardly a good example. "

"Well, perhaps you're right," admitted Higgins, seeing Pickering sharing Mrs Higgins' opinion too.

Mrs Higgins looked at the Professor closely and she was silent for a while. When she finally spoke, her gentle but firm.

"Now, you two. I want you to tell me exactly how things are at Wimpole Street."

"Well, I have moved there," said Pickering. "Henry and I are working together on Indian dialects. " "Yes, I know all that," said Mrs Higgins, a little impatiently. "But where does the girl live?" "Well, she lives with us, of course!" replied Higgins.

"l see," said his mother sceptically. "But is she a servant? Is she the lady of the house? What is she? Who exactly is Eliza?"

       "l think I know what you mean    " said Pickering slowly.

"Well, I don't!" said Higgins. "The girl is useful. She knows where everything is, she makes a note of all my appointments and so on. Besides she is the most absorbing project I've ever taken on." "Oh, dear," sighed Mrs Higgins. "You both act like babies playing with your doll. Don't you realise that when Eliza walked into Wimpole Street, something walked in with her?"

"Well, yes," said Pickering. "Her father walked in with her but Henry sent him away."

"That's not what I mean," said Mrs Higgins irritably. "l mean that when Eliza came to live with you, she brought a problem with her. "

"Yes, I know," explained Higgins. "The problem of how to turn her into a lady. But we've almost solved that problem. "

"There is another problem," Mrs Higgins went on raising her voice a little, as she became impatient with her son. "The problem of what to do with Eliza once you finish with her. "

"Well, that's no problem at all," said Higgins. "She can go her own way, with all the advantages I have given her. "

"Advantages?" exclaimed Mrs Higgins. "She will have all the manners and habits that make her a fine lady, but she will not have a fine lady's money! What is she to do?" "We'll find her some employment, " answered Higgins, rising.

After Colonel Pickering reassured Mrs Higgins too, the two men returned to Wimpole Street to prepare Eliza for the Ambassador's party. They only had a few weeks to turn their pupil into a proper lady and they were determined to make the most of the time they had left.

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The big day arrived. Higgins was about to find out if he would win his bet, as he and the Colonel accompanied Eliza to the Ambassador's party.

While Eliza was in the ladies' cloakroom, a young man approached Higgins. He had an incredibly hairy face, with an enormous moustache and thick whiskers and eyebrows.

"Professor, Professor!" the young man cried out enthusiastically. "Do you remember me?" "No, I don't. Who the devil are you?" said the Professor.

"l am your pupil; I am little Nepommuck. You cannot forget ME!" exclaimed the young man.

"What are you doing here, among all these important people?" asked Higgins.

"l am an interpreter. I speak thirty-two languages. I am essential at international parties." At that moment a servant approached Nepommuck.

"You are wanted upstairs by Her Excellency, sir. "

As Nepommuck hurried up the grand staircase, Pickering turned to Higgins.

"Is this fellow really an expert? Can he find Eliza out and blackmail her?" "We shall see," said Higgins. "If he finds her out, I will lose my bet. " "Are you nervous, Colonel?" asked Eliza as she joined the two men.

"Frightfully. It is like my first time in a battle," said Pickering.

"It is not the first time for me," said Eliza. "l have done this hundreds of times in my dreams. I am in a dream now. Promise not to wake me because I will forget everything and talk as I used to. " As they went up the staircase, a servant announced them to the Ambassador and his wife.

"Is that your adopted daughter, Colonel? She will make a big impression," the hostess said to Pickering and immediately turned to Nepommuck.

"Find out all about her."

Nepommuck mingled into the crowd to watch Eliza, who attracted everyone's attention. They stopped talking to look at her and admire her. Some at the back even stood on their chairs to see.

"Ah, at last, Nepommuck. Have you found out about the lady?" asked the hostess after a while.

"l have found out everything about her. She is a fraud," replied Nepommuck. "She cannot deceive me. She cannot be English."

"Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly," said the hostess.

"Too perfectly. Only foreigners who have been taught to speak English speak it so well. She is Hungarian and of royal blood, like me."

"l say she is a common girl taught to speak by an expert," said Higgins, who had been chatting with the hostess before Nepommuck joined them.

"Oh, of course I agree with Nepommuck," the hostess said. "She must be a princess at least. " When the group broke up, Eliza joined the Professor and the Colonel.

"l cannot do this anymore. An old lady has just told me I speak exactly like Queen Victoria. I am sorry I have lost your bet. I shall never be the same as these people. "

"You have not lost it, dear. You have won it ten times over!" said Pickering triumphantly. "Now, let's get out of here. I have had enough of these fools," Higgins urged them both.

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It was midnight but Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering were wide awake. They had just returned from a very busy day. First, they had attended the Ambassador's party, then a dinner party and then the opera. They had taken Eliza to the very best places and introduced her to the very best people, and it had been a huge success.

Eliza was dressed like a princess, in a stunning evening dress and opera cloak, with diamonds sparkling on her ears and round her neck. She looked tired and pale but the two men were too busy talking about their achievement to notice her.

"Oh, Lord! What an evening!" said Higgins yawning and looking around for his slippers.

"Well, I feel a bit tired. It's been a long day but you've won your bet, Higgins," said Pickering stretching himself.

"Thank God it's over! The thing was interesting at first but then I got incredibly bored. "

"Anyhow, it was a great success," said Pickering. "l was even frightened once or twice because Eliza was doing it so well, better than the real upper-class people. "

"What silly people. At last I can go to bed without dreading tomorrow, " said Higgins, rising. "l think I shall turn in too. "

At that, the two men left the room and went upstairs to bed, leaving Eliza staring furiously into the flames of the fire. When she was sure they could not hear her, she burst into tears.

Suddenly, Higgins appeared in the doorway.

"What on earth have I done with my slippers?" he murmured to himself.

The slippers were on the floor, by the fire. Eliza picked them up and threw them at the Professor. "What?" cried Higgins in surprise. "What's the matter? Is there something wrong?"

"Oh, no!" cried Eliza. "There's nothing wrong with YOU! I've won your bet for you, and you're just FINE! But what about ME? What is going to happen to ME now?"

"YOU won my bet? YOU? I won it," yelled Higgins. "Why did you throw those slippers at me? How on earth do I know what is going to happen to you?"

"Oh! You don't care! I'm nothing to you! You care more about them slippers!" screamed Eliza angrily, threatening him with her nails.

"How dare you? And it's THOSE slippers!" said Higgins sternly.

"What difference does it make now?" asked Eliza sadly. "Just one thing; do my clothes belong to me? I don't want to be accused of stealing."

"Stealing?" cried Higgins. "You shouldn't have said that. It shows lack of sensitivity. Take anything you want except the jewels; they're hired. Are you satisfied?"

"This is not hired; it's the one you bought me but I don't want it," said Eliza, taking off a ring.

Higgins dashed it into the fireplace and turned on Eliza so furiously that she crouched with fear.

"You have made me lose my temper, Eliza, which is something that rarely happens to me. I wish to talk no more tonight. I am going to bed," said Higgins trying to look dignified.

"You'd better leave a note for Mrs Pearce about the coffee in the morning," said Eliza decisively and went upstairs to pack her things.

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The next morning, Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering were extremely upset to find that Eliza was missing. Neither of them had any idea why she had left or where she could be. They went straight to Mrs Higgins' house and even called the police.

The maid informed Mrs Higgins about the two men wishing to see her.

"l see," said Mrs Higgins. "Please go upstairs and tell Miss Doolittle that Henry and the Colonel are here. Ask her not to come down until I send for her. "

No sooner had the maid left the room than Higgins burst in. He was extremely upset. "Look here, Mother! A terrible thing has happened," he said. "Eliza has disappeared." "Perhaps you frightened her," said Mrs Higgins calmly.

"Of course I didn't!" snapped Higgins impatiently. "She just left. What am I to do?"

"There's nothing you can do, " his mother replied. "The girl has a right to leave if she chooses."

"But I can't find anything!" cried Higgins in despair. "l don't know when any of my appointments are!" At that moment Pickering entered and informed Higgins that the police made things more complicated.

"Have you called the police? As if Eliza were a lost umbrella! You have no more sense than two children!" Mrs Higgins exclaimed in surprise.

Just then, the maid came back into the room.

"There's a Mr Doolittle here to see Professor Higgins, " she said.

"Do you mean the dustman?" asked Higgins.

"Oh, no, sir," said the maid in surprise. "This Mr Doolittle is a gentleman. "

A moment later, Alfred Doolittle entered the room. He was dressed in fine clothes and looked very much like a gentleman. He marched angrily straight up to Professor Higgins. "Look at this!" he said. "See what you done to me? Ruined me. Destroyed my happiness. Delivered me into the hands of middle-class morality. " "You are drunk or mad!" exclaimed Higgins. "l only gave you five pounds!" "Drunk? Mad?" cried Alfred. "Did you or did you not go to Professor Wannafeller and tell him to contact me?" "Well, yes, I did, but what does it matter now?" asked Higgins. "The man died last month!" "Yes!" exclaimed Alfred. "And he only gone and left me three thousand pounds a year in his will! He thought I were the greatest moralist there ever was!" "Well, what's wrong with that?" asked Pickering. "What's wrong with that?" asked Alfred in disbelief. "l used to be happy! When I needed money, I asked other people for it, same as I asked you. Now I has to support all my poor relations!" "Well, that's good news," said Mrs Higgins. "You can support Eliza, too." "Nonsense!" cried Higgins. "He can't provide for her. She doesn't belong to him. He took five pounds for her and has no right to take her as well." "Henry, don't be absurd, if you really want to know where Eliza is, she's upstairs," Mrs Higgins said. The Professor stared at her in amazement, then headed straight for the door. "Wait a minute, Henry!" his mother called after him. "You need to listen to me very carefully." 31

 

Higgins was determined to talk to Eliza, but he could see that his mother was serious. He sat down and prepared to listen to what she had to say.

"Eliza came to me this morning," began Mrs Higgins. "She told me of the terrible way you two treated her. "

"What?" cried Higgins, jumping up. "That's nonsense!"

"He's right, Mrs Higgins," agreed Pickering. "We were certainly not unkind to Eliza last night.

We hardly said a word to her. Higgins, did you bully her after I went to bed?"

"On the contrary, " said Higgins. "She bullied me! She threw my slippers at me!"

"I'll tell you why," said Mrs Higgins. "Eliza worked very hard for you. She behaved like a duchess, and yet you didn't give her one word of praise. Instead, you talked of how glad you were that it was all over and how bored the whole thing had made you in the end."

"Perhaps we were a little thoughtless," Pickering nodded. "Is she very angry?"

"Well, she won't go back to Wimpole Street," said Mrs Higgins. "But if you promise to behave yourselves, I shall ask her to come down and talk to you. "

Higgins and Pickering promised to be pleasant, and Alfred decided to go to the garden for a while so that the others could speak privately.

Eliza entered the room, looking calm and very ladylike, showing remarkable ease of manner. "How do you do, Professor Higgins?" she asked. "So glad to see you again, Colonel Pickering. " The two men stared at her dumb with shock.

"Quite chilly this morning, isn't it?" Eliza went on.

"Don't you dare play this game on me. I taught it to you and you can't fool me. Get your things and come home," Higgins said furiously.

"Anyone can learn to speak properly and dress properly, Mr Higgins, " answered Eliza calmly, without looking at him. "But the true difference between a lady and a flower girl is how she's treated. I shall always be a flower girl to you because you always treat me like a flower girl and always will. But to Colonel Pickering, I shall always be a lady because he always treats me like a lady and always will. " "But will you forgive Higgins and come back?" asked Pickering gently.

"He only wants me back to pick up his slippers and fetch and carry for him," said Eliza.

"l don't want you back at all!" cried Higgins angrily.

"Very well," said Eliza. "l can do without you. I'll marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill. He writes to me two or three times a day! He truly loves me. "

"That young fool!" cried Higgins. "He couldn't get a job even as an errand boy! "

"I'll work!" said Eliza confidently. "I'll go and be a teacher of phonetics just like you!"

Higgins laughed. "l like you like this, Eliza!" he cried. "You're full of strength! I have really made you into a woman, after all. Oh, by the way, I want you to buy some things for me." "Honestly, I cannot imagine what you are to do without me, " said Eliza, stepping out.

"l should be uneasy about the two of you if Eliza wasn't fond of the Colonel," said Mrs Higgins.

"Pickering! Nonsense! She's going to marry Freddy. Ha ha! Freddy!"

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Did you know ?

The term "Cockney" refers to both the working-class people in parts of London and the kind of English they speak. Traditionally, "true" Cockneys are born within hearing of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow Church in Cheapside in the East End of London. This makes them a true "Bow Bells" Cockney, although nowadays Cockneys are found in a wider range of the city. They have a very characteristic way of pronouncing their speech and are famous for inventing Cockney rhyming slang. When Cockneys say "plates of meat", for example, they mean "feet"! Sometimes the rhyme is shortened. Using your "loaf" means using your head, as in "loaf of bread", and is one of the many expressions that has become common among Cockneys and non-Cockneys alike.

The Author

1           Where was George Bernard Shaw born?

2           Which school did Shaw go to?

3           Why did he move to London?

4           What did Shaw do for a living before he became a famous author?

5           How many plays did Shaw write?

6           Name two famous plays other than Pygmalion that Shaw wrote.

7           What happened to King Edward Vll when he watched one of Shaw's plays?

8           Which awards did Shaw win?

9           When did Shaw die?

10       Which of Bernard Shaw's plays was made into a musical?

Background

Correct the sentences.

1        In Pygmalion, Professor Higgins makes a bet with a flower girl.

2        Professor Higgins fails to teach Eliza Doolittle how to speak properly.

3       

The working class in London used correct grammar.

4        Pygmalion was first performed in 1914.

5        Shaw directed the Vienna production.

6        Pygmalion was not very successful.

7        Pygmalion was originally a musical.

The Plot

Look at the words. How are they related to the story?

•   Professor Higgins • a bet • Colonel Pickering

•   Eliza e flower girl • Cockney • lady

The Characters Who's .

1        a cheerful young man?

2        clever?

3        quite a sensitive girl?

4        a sensible woman? 5 a sociable woman?

6        quick-witted?

7        a snobbish person?

8        very polite?

9        a bit arrogant?

title and the pictures. How are they related?

Judging from their appearance, what can you tell about the women standing arm in arm in the second picture?

While Reading

Who said what? Read or listen to the episode and write F (for Freddy), C (for Clara), M (for Mrs Eynsford-Hill) or G (for the flower girl).

1        "You didn't try properly. "

2        "I'm afraid I can't find a cab."

3        "Don't be silly. "

4        "How do you know my son's name?"

5        "Will you pay me?"

6        "You shouldn't give her anything. "

7        "You can keep the change. "

8        "What a waste of a sixpence!"

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

1       Do you think Clara was a kind person?

Why (not)?

2       How do you think the flower girl felt when her flowers fell into the mud? 3 Why did Clara think her mother had wasted a sixpence?

4 What can you tell about the flower girl's upbringing?

Think!

If you were in Clara's position, how would you treat the flower girl?

title. What do you think it means?

a What do you think is going on in the pictures?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements.

1        The elderly gentleman didn't have any money.

2        The bystander warned the flower girl about a policeman.

3        The man with the notebook was a policeman.

4        The elderly gentleman was from Selsey.

5        Phonetics is the science of speech.

6        It was difficult for the man with the notebook to earn a living.

7        Higgins and Pickering had never met before.

8        Both Higgins and Pickering gave the flower girl money.

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

1        Why do you think the flower girl was worried when she saw the man with the notebook?

2        Professor Higgins appears to be very selfconfident. How is this shown in the text?

3        What do you think is going to happen when Colonel Pickering goes to visit Professor Higgins?

Do you think the Professor's job is interesting? Explain.

pictures. What do you think			What do you think the people in the
is going on? What could the flower girl			pictures are talking about? How do you
be discussing with the two gentlemen?			think Eliza feels?
While Reading			While Reading
	Read or listen to the episode and		Read or listen to the episode. Who says
	answer the questions.		the following sentences? Write H for
1	What was Higgins and Pickering's topic		Higgins, E for Eliza, M for Mrs Pearce or
	for discussion?		P for Pickering.
2	Why did Eliza go to Wimpole Street?	1	"l have an idea!"
3	How did Mrs Pearce treat Eliza?	2	"You're a real gentleman!"
4	Why wasn't Higgins pleased to see Eliza at	3	"Take her away and clean her up. "
	first?	4	"You don't know anything about
5	How much money did Eliza offer Higgins?		this girl!"
6	Why did Eliza start to cry?	5	"Do be sensible, Professor. "
7	What did Higgins give to Eliza?	6	"Who'd marry me?"
8	What lesson in good manners did Higgins	7	"Are you going to pay her wages?"
	give Eliza?	8	"You will learn how to speak beautifully. "
	After Reading Discuss in pairs:		After Reading
1	What do you think of Higgins' behaviour		What do you think of Mrs Pearce?
	towards Eliza?		In pairs, discuss which words from the
2	What do you think of Colonel Pickering in		list below best describe the way Eliza
	comparison to Professor Higgins?		was feeling. Which words describe the
3	What do you think of Mrs Pearce when judging the way she speaks about Eliza?		way Higgins was feeling? Why? • amused • upset • anxious • excited
	Do you think it is possible to make someone into someone they are not?		• impatient • disappointed • worried

Think!

Why (not)?What does Higgins mean by saying that Eliza is "so very dirty"? Why does this make him feel excited?

	first picture. Both Higgins and	n	title. What do you think it
	Pickering are looking at the man who has just walked into the study. Describe the		means?
	man. What opinion do you think Higgins	u	What can you tell from the people's
	and Pickering have of him?		facial expressions in the pictures?
u	What do you think is going on in the
	second picture?		While Reading Read or listen to the episode and mark
	While Reading		the sentences T (true) or F (false).
	Read or listen to the episode and say	1	Alfred asked for more than five pounds.
	who the words in bold refer to.	2	Alfred didn't recognise Eliza at first.
1	He was looking for his daughter.	3	Higgins approved of Eliza's
2	He told Alfred to take Eliza away.		appearance.
3	He threatened to call the police.	4	Mrs Pearce was less enthusiastic
4	He was good at public speaking.		than the others.
5	He asked for five pounds.	5	Eliza wanted to see her father
6	They came to an arrangement.		again.
7	He thought Alfred had no morals.	6	Eliza missed her old life.
		7	Higgins thought that Eliza should be nice to her old friends.
	After Reading	8	Eliza wasn't willing to try on her
	Discuss in pairs:		new clothes.
1	Why did Alfred come to Wimpole Street?
2	Why did Higgins get angry with Alfred in the beginning?		After Reading
3	Why did Pickering think Alfred had no		Discuss in pairs:
	morals?	1	Why do you think Alfred only asked for
4	What did Alfred mean when he said		five pounds? Why didn't he want any
	"Morals are for the rich"?		more money?
		2	Alfred was proud of Eliza. Do you think he
Think! George Bernard Shaw once wrote:			was right to be proud of her? Why (not)?
Lack of money is the root of all evil.		3	Do you think Alfred will come back to
Do you think he was right? Why (not)?			visit Eliza? Why (not)?
		4	Eliza started acting a bit snobbishly. Can you explain how? Do you think she was

right?

Think! Why does the Professor say that he

and the Colonel have taken on a difficult job?

Judging from the first picture, what do you think Higgins is like as a teacher?

a What could Higgins and his mother be talking about in the second picture? Who interrupts them, and why, do you think?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and complete the text with the words below.

•   insult • speak • common • project

•   love • introduce

Eliza worked with Professor Higgins for hours every day, learning how to 1)  like a lady. Professor Higgins was not always kind to Eliza. In fact, he would often 2)  her. One day, Professor Higgins decided to 3)

Eliza to some upper-class people. He went to his mother's house and told her that he had picked up a 4)  flower girl. At first, Mrs Higgins thought that her son had fallen in 5)  but Higgins explained that Eliza was a 6) he had been working on.

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

1        Explain why Mrs Higgins wasn't pleased to see her son.

2        Do you think Mrs Higgins' fears concerning Eliza are justifiable?

3        What do you think Higgins meant when

he said that you have to think not only about how a girl pronounces words, but also what words she pronounces?

Do you think that persistence is the key to success?

first picture and describe how each person is reacting. Do you think Eliza is making a good impression?

What do you think is going on in the second picture?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and put the events in the correct order.

Mrs Higgins started a conversation about the weather.

Freddy laughed at Eliza.

Mrs Higgins' guests had arrived before Eliza.

Eliza left Mrs Higgins' house.

Clara agreed to use the new slang. When Eliza appeared, everyone in the

room got to their feet.

Higgins showed the Eynsford-Hills to the door.

Higgins covered things up.

Mrs Higgins got angry with her son.

Freddy was enthusiastic about Eliza.

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

1       How was Professor Higgins' character compared to the other members of the tea party?

2       What do you think the Eynsford-Hills thought of Eliza?

3       What do you think of Clara and her mother?

4       What do you think is going to happen in the next episode?

Think! What sort of person would you characterise as civilised and cultured?

Look at the pictures and the title. What do you think the people are talking about? How does each person look?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and answer the questions.

1       Why did Mrs Higgins say that Eliza was not a lady?

2       Why didn't Mrs Higgins think her son was a good teacher for Eliza?

3       What did Mrs Higgins want to know?

4       Why did Higgins think Eliza was useful?

5       What did Mrs Higgins say the Professor and the Colonel acted like?

6       What problem did Mrs Higgins mention?

7       What solution did Professor Higgins suggest? 8 How would Higgins and Pickering spend the next few weeks?

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

1       Do you think Higgins was insensitive to Eliza's feelings? Why (not)?

2       Do you think Mrs Higgins was right to think Eliza would have a problem when the experiment was over? Why (not)?

3       What can you tell about the Professor's relationship with his mother?

4       Do you think Eliza is going to be a success at the Ambassador's party?

Think! What does Mrs Higgins mean by saying that both her son and the Colonel act like babies playing with their doll?

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first picture. Who do you think is talking to Higgins and Pickering?

Look at the second picture and the title. What are the people thinking and feeling?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and say who the words in bold refer to.

They accompanied Eliza to the Ambassador's party.

He boasted his knowledge of thirty-two languages.

He was worried about Nepommuck.

She wondered if Pickering felt nervous.

They went upstairs together.

She wanted to find out more information.

She was the centre of attention.

He claimed Eliza was a fraud.

He said he had royal blood in his veins.

He was anxious to leave the party.

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

How do you think Higgins and Pickering felt when they met Nepommuck? Why? Why do you think Higgins considered the guests fools?

Think!

Do you think Eliza will manage to keep her secret or do you think people will find out the truth?

Imagine you were Eliza. How would

you feel during the ball?

Look at the pictures. What do you think Higgins and Pickering are discussing? How do you think Eliza feels?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and mark the sentences as T (true) or F (false).

1           Higgins and Pickering noticed how tired Eliza looked.

2           Higgins and Pickering were very pleased with themselves.

3           Everyone at the party believed that Eliza was a lady.

4           Higgins was sad that the experiment was over.

5           During the experiment there were times when Pickering was afraid.

6           Higgins returned to the study after Pickering had gone to bed.

7           Higgins threw his slippers at Eliza.

8           Eliza couldn't take her clothes away with her.

9           Higgins said that he often lost his temper.

10       Eliza decided to leave.

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

1       The successful outcome of the party did not have the same effect on Eliza as on her two escorts. Explain why.

2       How do you think Eliza felt when Higgins corrected her grammar?

3       What do you think is going to happen in the next episode?

Think!

How would the outcome of this episode have been affected if Higgins and Pickering had not

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What do you think this episode is about?

Look at the second picture. Why do you think Mr Doolittle is dressed differently?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and correct the words in bold.

Higgins and Pickering were disappointed when they found that Eliza had gone.

Higgins and Pickering called Eliza's father. Higgins didn't know when any of his lessons were.

Mrs Higgins told the men that they behaved like adults.

Alfred had become a dustman. Higgins had asked Professor Wannafeller to employ Alfred.

Alfred was upset because he had to support all his friends.

When Higgins found out that Eliza was upstairs, he was angry.

After Reading

Discuss in pairs:

Why do you think Higgins was upset? Did he really miss Eliza, or did he just want her back to look after him?

Why do you think Eliza went to Mrs Higgins? Do you think Mrs Higgins was on Eliza's side, or her son's? Why?

Think!

Do you think Eliza will stay with Higgins, go back to her father, or do something else?

Alfred was rich, but he wasn't happy. Do you think it's true that money can't buy happiness? Why (not)?

ignored Eliza?

Before Reading                                       After Reading

Look at the first picture. What do you think Mrs Higgins is telling her son?

a Look at the title. How would you describe a true lady? Do you think Eliza feels like one now?

While Reading

Read or listen to the episode and correct the words in bold.

Higgins was 1) encouraged to see Eliza, but he knew that he had to talk to his mother first. Mrs Higgins told the men that Eliza was upset by their 2) unfair treatment of her. The two men didn't think they had been 3) mean to Eliza, and they couldn't understand why she was angry with them. Mrs Higgins explained that Eliza had worked very 4) fast, but the two men had not given her any 5) encouragement. Eliza did not want to return to Wimpole Street now. As she entered the room, the two men got a 6) fright when they saw what a lady she had really become. Eliza explained that what really makes a woman into a lady is the way she is 7) taught. Higgins and Eliza argued for a while, but then Higgins started to admire the 8) honesty of her character. He realised that at last she really was a lady.

Discuss in pairs:

1      Eliza said that the true difference between a lady and a flower girl is how she's treated. Do you think she was right?

2      Do you think Eliza will go back to Wimpole Street or marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill? What do you think she should do? Why?

3      Compare Eliza in this episode to Eliza when she first entered Higgins' study.

Think!

The lessons taught in Pygmalion are not related to language only. What other lessons do you think this story teaches us?

1           Who wrote Pygmalion? A Charles Dickens B Anthony Hope

C George Bernard Shaw

2           Where does the story take place?

A    London B Dover          C Brighton

3           Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering meet Eliza and agree

A    to write a book on different dialects.

B     to record Eliza's Cockney accent. C to turn Eliza into a true lady.

4           Mr Doolittle visits Professor Higgins in order to

           A come to an arrangement.

B take his daughter home. C blackmail the Professor.

5           Eliza's father doesn't recognise her because A she is wearing a hat.

B she is dressed like a lady. C she is clean.

6           Professor Higgins teaches Eliza how to

A    speak properly. B eat properly. C dress properly.

7           On her first outing, Freddy

A    laughs at Eliza. B dislikes Eliza. C falls in love with Eliza.

8           After the party Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering

A    praise Eliza.

B     ignore Eliza completely.

C     discuss Eliza's future with her.

9           When the experiment is over, Professor Higgins thinks Eliza should

A    go her own way.          B become a servant.

Discuss in groups.

    

Which is your favourite character in Pygmalion?  Is there a character you didn't like? Why?

     What did Eliza learn from Professor Higgins?

     What did Professor Higgins learn from Eliza?  If you were given the chance to learn something new, what would it be?  Can you think of a different title for the story?  Can you think of a different ending for the story? Tell the class.

Project

     Imagine that the story takes place today. Write a modern story about Eliza. Think about:  where she lives.  what she wears.  how she speaks.  what she sells. what she learns.

     who helps her.  how she feels.

     how your story ends.  Tell the class your story about Eliza.

C marry him.

10       Eliza considers

A marrying Freddy.

B    marrying Pickering.

C    going back to her father.

EPISODE 1

bunch (n) = a number of flowers tied together coin (n) = a small piece of metal which is used as money dreadful (adj) = extremely bad or unpleasant drip (v) = fall in drops gather (v) = come together in a group ignore (v) = pay no attention to sth or sb peer (v) = look carefully or with difficulty properly (adv) = correctly

EPISODE 2

bystander (n) = sb who watches sth without taking part charge (v) = officially state st) is guilty creature (n) = any living thing that is not a plant dialect (n) = a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area exclaim (v) = say sth suddenly and loudly because you are surprised, excited, angry, etc fortune teller (n) = st) who tells you what they think will happen to you in the future handful (n) = the amount of sth that you can hold in one hand interrupt (v) = say or do sth that causes sb to stop what they are doing phonetics (n) = the study of speech sounds rush (v) = hurry or move quickly somewhere shelter (n) = a place that protects you from bad weather or danger stare (v) = look at sb or sth for a long time terrified (adj) = very frightened Well, I never! (phr) = said when you are very surprised about sth wonder (n) = surprise and admiration

EPISODE 3

Past Tense — In initive		Past Tense	— In initive	Past Tense — In	initive	Past Tense	— In initive
was/were became began bet broke brought burnt (burned) burst bought could chose came did drew drove fell	be become begin bet break bring burn burst buy can choose come do draw drive fall	felt found forgot got gave went  had heard held hurt kept knew led learnt left let	feel find forget get give go have hear hold hurt keep know lead (learned) learn leave let	lost made meant met paid put rose ran said saw sold sent set shook showed sat	lose make mean meet pay put rise run say see sell send set shake show sit	spoke spent spoilt stood strode took taught told thought threw woke won wrote	speak spend spoil stand stride take teach tell think throw wake win write

accent (n) = the way in which st) pronounces words, influenced by the country, area or social class they come from common (adj) = typical of a low social class confuse (v) = think that one thing is another thing cylinder (n) = an object shaped like a tube with long straight sides and two equal-sized circular ends handkerchief (n) = a small piece of cloth or soft paper that you use to dry your eyes or nose housekeeper (n) = sb who is paid to clean and cook in sb else's house income (n) = money that you earn by working intend (v) = want and plan to do sth millionaire (n) = a person who has money and possessions worth at least one million pounds phonograph (n) = an old-fashioned machine on which records can be played shilling (n) = an old British coin sleeve (n) = the part of a jacket, shirt, etc that covers your

arm sob (v) = cry in a noisy way wipe (v) = clean or dry sth by moving a cloth across it

EPISODE 4

ambassador (n) = an important official sent by the government of a country to represent it in another country be tempted (phr) = be attracted by sth and want to do it behave (v) = act in a particular way

bet risk money on the result of a game, competition, etc bully (n) = sb who intentionally frightens a person who is smaller or weaker than them duchess (n) = the title of a woman who is married to a duke dustbin (n) = a large container for rubbish from a house or other building expenses (n) = amounts of money that you spend while doing sth in the course of your work in private (phr) = without other people seeing or hearing you queue (n) = a line of people waiting for sth sensible (adj) = showing good judgment by making decisions based on reasons rather than emotions wages (n) = the amount of money sb regularly receives for their job wrap (v) = cover or enclose sth with paper, cloth or other material

EPISODE 5

arrangement (n) = an agreement between two people or groups blackmail (v) = force sb to do sth, or to pay money, by threatening to reveal their secrets class (n) = one of the groups in a society with the same social and economic position comfort (n) = a style of life in which you have all the money or possessions you need dustman (n) = sb whose job is to remove rubbish from dustbins gift (n) = a natural ability or skill morals (n) = principles and beliefs showing good behaviour on purpose (phr) = intentionally resolutely (adv) = in a very determined way startled (adj) = suddenly surprised or slightly shocked willing (adj) = eager to do sth

EPISODE 6

announce (v) = officially tell sb about sth be a disgrace to (phr) = behave in a bad or unacceptable way that causes embarrassment to others blossom (n) = a flower on a tree or bush

change one's mind (phr) = change one's decision or opinion about something conceited (adj) = far too proud of your abilities or achievements fashionable (adj) = popular with rich people get away with (phr v) = escape punishment kimono (n) = an item of Japanese clothing with long, wide

liar (n) = sb who tells lies nod (v) = move your head up and down to show agreement or understanding proudly (adj) = in a way that shows you are pleased about something put sb in their place (phr) = show st) they are not as clever or important as they think respectfully (adv) = in a way that shows you have a high opinion of sb rush (v) = move very quickly; hurry simultaneously (adv) = at the same time take on (phr v) = agree to do some work

EPISODE 7

alarmed (adj) = worried or frightened bluntly (adv) = in a direct way that can be upsetting convince (v) = make st) believe that sth is true despair (n) = a feeling that you have no hope exhausted (adj) = very tired frustrated (adj) = upset or impatient because you cannot control or change a situation gentle (adj) = kind and sensitive to other people's feelings impatiently (adv) = in a way that shows annoyance insist (v) = say firmly that sth is true insult (v) = be rude to st) offend (v) = hurt sb's feelings reassuring (adj) = making you feel less worried about sth resemble (v) = look like or be similar to sb or sth restlessly (adv) = in a way that shows nervousness roar (v) = make a very loud deep noise

small talk (phr) = polite, friendly conversation about unimportant subjects stride (v) = walk quickly with long steps upset (v) = make sb unhappy or worried

EPISODE 8

break into laughter (phr) = suddenly start laughing civilised (adj) = behaving in a polite, sensible way cultured (adj) = well-mannered and well-educated desperately (adv) = in a way that shows one's need to change a very bad situation enthusiastic (adj) = feeling or showing excitement about sth impressed (adj) = feeling admiration for sb or sth indication (n) = a sign that shows what is happening or what sb is thinking or feeling influenza (n) = (flu) an illness like a very bad cold that makes you hot and weak interrupt (v) = say or do sth that causes sb to stop what they are doing old-fashioned (adj) = not modern slang (n) = informal language, often used by people who belong to a particular group warningly (adv) = in a way that tells sb about sth bad or dangerous which is about to happen wickedly (adv) = in a way that is deliberately bad or unkind

EPISODE 9

absorbing (adj) = taking up all your attention and energy because you are very interested in what you are doing admit (v) = agree, often unwillingly, that sth is true appointment (n) = an arrangement in advance to see sb or do sth at a particular time determined (adj) = having a strong desire to do sth without letting anyone or anything get in the way displeasure (n) = a feeling of annoyance

employment paid work firm (adj) = strong, sure and in control irritably (adv) = in a way that shows you are annoyed make the most of sth (phr) = take advantage of a situation raise one's voice (phr) = speak loudly or shout because one is angry rise (v) = stand up sceptically (adv) = in a way that shows you have doubts about sth servant (n) = sb who works and lives in sb else's house doing their cooking and cleaning sigh (v) = let out a deep breath thoughtful (adj) = quiet and serious because you are thinking about sth turn into (phr v) = make sb or sth different

EPISODE 10 accompany (v) = go somewhere with sb adopted (adj) = a child that has legally been made part of a family they were not born into approach (v) = get closer to sb or sth attract sb's attention (phr) = make sb notice sth battle (n) = a violent fight between groups of people, esp. military forces cloakroom (n) = a place where people can leave their coats, umbrellas, etc deceive (v) = make sb believe sth that is not true essential (adj) = extremely important or necessary expert (n) = sb who is very skilled at sth or knows a lot about a particular subject eyebrows (n) = the lines of hair above the eyes fraud (n) = sb or sth that is not genuine frightfully (adv) = very hostess (n) = a woman who provides everything needed for her guests interpreter (n) = sb whose job is to translate what sb else says into another language mingle (v) = move around and talk to other people at a party or gathering

staircase (n) = a set of stairs inside a building triumphantly (adv) = in a way that shows pride because of victory or success urge (v) = strongly suggest that st) does sth whiskers (n) = the hair on the sides of a man's face

EPISODE 11

accuse (v) = tell sb they have done sth wrong burst into tears (phr) = suddenly start crying crouch (v) = bend your legs under you so that you are close to the ground dare (v) = have the courage to do sth risky or frightening dash (v) = throw sth violently decisively (adv) = in a way that shows confidence dignified (adj) = impressive and respectable doorway (n) = a space where a door opens into a room or building dread (v) = feel anxious or worried about sth flame (n) = a hot bright stream of burning gas furiously (adv) = in a way that shows a lot of anger incredibly (adv) = extremely  jewel (n) = a precious stone lack (n) = when there is not enough of sth, or none lose one's temper (phr) = become angry make a difference (phr) = have an effect on sb or sth murmur (v) = say sth very softly and quietly nail (n) = the hard covering that grows at the end of one's fingers and toes notice (v) = realise that sb or sth exists pale (adj) = skin colour that is almost white satisfied (adj) = pleased because you have got what you want scream (v) = make a very loud, high-pitched cry because you are in pain or very frightened sensitivity (n) = the ability to understand other people's feelings or problems

slippers (n) = loose, soft shoes you wear in the house sparkle (v) = shine with light sternly (adj) = in a severe way showing strong disapproval stretch (v) = put your arms or legs out and tighten your muscles stunning (adj) = extremely beautiful or impressive thank God! (phr) = used to show you are glad about sth threaten (v) = say or imply that you will harm sb if they do not do what you want what on earth...? (phr) = used to ask a question when you are very surprised or angry wide awake (adj) = completely awake yawn (v) = open your mouth very wide and breathe in air, especially when you are tired or bored yell (v) = shout loudly because you are excited, angry or in pain

EPISODE 12

absurd (adj) = ridiculous or unreasonable amazement (n) = a feeling of great surprise burst into a place (phr) = enter suddenly with a lot of energy or force complicated (adj) = difficult to understand contact (v) = write to or telephone st) deliver (v) = take sth to a particular place or person despair (n) = the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will improve destroy (v) = damage badly disbelief (n) = a feeling that sth is not true head (v) = go towards a place maid (n) = a woman who works as a servant march (v) = walk quickly, with firm steps moralist (n) = st) who has very strong beliefs about what is right and wrong morality (n) = principles defining what is right and wrong in people's behaviour point (v) = hold out your finger towards sb or sth so that people take notice

provide make sth available to sb relation (n) = a member of one's family sense (n) = the ability to understand or judge sth snap (v) = say sth quickly, in an angry way support (v) = help sb financially will (n) = a legal document that says who one's money and property go to after they die

EPISODE 13

bully (v) = use strength or power to hurt or frighten sb chilly (adj) = unpleasantly cold confidently (adv) = in a way that shows you are sure about sth

dumb (adj) = unable to speak because of shock, anger, etc.

errand (n) = a short trip in order to do sth for sb fetch and carry (phr) = perform boring tasks for sb fool (v) = deceive or trick sb ladylike (adv) = behaving in a polite way suitable for a woman manner (n) = the way in which st) behaves towards other people nonsense (n) = sth considered to be untrue or silly on the contrary (phr) = used to disagree with sth that has just been said or to make a negative reply pick up (phr v) = lift

pleasant (adj) = enjoyable praise (n) = words that express approval privately (adv) = with no one else present remarkable (adj) = unusual or exceptional strength (n) = physical power and energy thoughtless (adj) = ignoring other people's feelings treat (v) = behave towards st) in a particular way uneasy (adj) = worried or slightly afraid

                                                            Clara Eynsford-Hill                    Narrator(s): At least one

Characters: Eliza Henry DoolittleHiggins Freddy Eynsford-Hill                              student, in black dressed

                  Colonel Pickering                 Bystander

Servant

Mrs Pearce

Alfred Doolittle NepommuckAmbassador's wife Mrs Higgins

Ambassador Maid

                   Mrs Eynsford-Hill                 Guests

Scene 1	In London's Covent Garden One hundred years ago
SONG: Covent	On a rainy afternoon
Garden	Is where we start our show CHORUS:      rich, well-read Professor Will shelter from the rain With a common flower girl Who he'll soon meet again Can he make her a lady? And if he can, then how? Will he change her life for her? We'll find out here and now
	Narrator:	It was raining heavily in Covent Garden. Under the entrance to St Paul's Church, a group of people gathered, shaking the water off their clothes and peering out at the rain.
	Clara:	Where can Freddy be? He's been gone for twenty minutes.
	Mrs E-H:	I don't know. He must have found a cab by now.
	Freddy:	I'm afraid I can't find a cab.
	Clara:	Oh, Freddy, you didn't try properly. Go and look again!
	Freddy:	There aren't any cabs, I tell you. The rain came on suddenly, and everybody wanted to take a cab.
	Mrs E-H:	Don't be silly, Freddy. Go and look again and don't come back until you've found a cab.
	Freddy:	Oh, very well. I'll go.
	Eliza:	Ow, Freddy, look where you's going, won't ya?
	Freddy:	Sorry!
	Mrs E-H:	Excuse me, but how do you know my son's name?
	Eliza:	Ow, he's your son, is he? He done spoil my flowers and didn't paid me. Will you pay me?
	Clara:	Don't give her any money, Mother. You shouldn't give her anything.
	Mrs E-H:	Please be quiet, Clara. Have you got any pennies?

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Clara:	No. I've only got sixpence.
Mrs E-H:	Give it to me. Here you are, girl.
Eliza:	Thank ya, lady!
Clara:	Make her give you the change, Mother. Those flowers are only a penny a bunch.
Mrs E-H:	You can keep the change, girl, but tell me how you know my son's name.
Eliza:	I don't. I'd call everyone Freddy or Charlie when I wanted to be friendly.
Clara:	Really, Mother! What a waste of a sixpence!
Mrs E-H:	That is enough, Clara. Let's step aside and wait for Freddy. Oh, this dreadful weather! When will it stop?
Pickering:	I'm afraid it's getting worse!
Eliza:	Be a gentleman, sir, and buy a flower off a poor girl.
Pickering:	I'm sorry, I haven't any change. No, wait! Here's three pence. You can have that.
Bystander:	You'd better give him a flower for his money. There's a man here writing down every word you're saying.
Eliza:	I ain't done nothing wrong! Oh sir, don't let him charge me!
Higgins:	There, there! Who's hurting you, silly girl? What do you take me for?
Bystander:	Don't worry, girl. He ain't a policeman, are you?
Higgins:	Do I look like a policeman? Now tell me, how is life in Selsey?
Bystander:	How do you know I'm from Selsey? Are you a fortune teller? Do someone else! Where does he come from?
Higgins:	Cheltenham, Harrow, Cambridge, and India.
Pickering:	Quite right! How on earth did you know that?
Higgins:	It's simple phonetics. It's the science of speech. It's my job, and also my hobby.
Pickering:	Really?
Higgins:	Yes. I can tell where anyone comes from by the way they speak.
Pickering:	But can you make a living doing that?
Higgins:	A very good one, actually. You see this creature here, with her terrible English? In just three months I could pass her off as a duchess.
Eliza:	You ain't serious!
Pickering:	Well, that's very interesting. I'm an expert on Indian dialects myself.
Higgins:	Are you? Do you know Colonel Pickering? He wrote a book about Indian dialects.
Pickering:	I am Colonel Pickering! Who are you?
Higgins:	I'm Professor Henry Higgins.
Pickering:	Well, I never! I came to London to meet you!

                                             Higgins:       How wonderful! Come and see me tomorrow. I live at 27A

Wimpole Street. Pickering:    Very well! I look forward to seeing you in the morning. Eliza:            Buy a flower before you goes! Higgins:        Oh, all right! Here you are! Eliza:            Aaaah-ow! Look at that! Narrator: The few coins that Higgins gave the flower girl didn't mean much to him, but they made a huge difference to her. It's important to help people who have less than we do ... There are people in the world Who live out on the street Who can't afford warm clothes to wear Or decent food to eat CHORUS:   Try to lend a helping hand To those with less than you Spare a moment, spare a coin It's the least you can do There are people in the world Who shiver in the cold Who go through all life's problems Without a hand to hold Narrator: Colonel Pickering visited Professor Higgins the next day. The two men sat in Higgins' study and discussed the wide variety of Indian dialects. Mrs Pearce: Excuse me, Professor Higgins. There's a young woman here to see you, sir. She's a very common girl. Higgins: I see. Does she have an interesting accent? Mrs Pearce:     Oh, it's dreadful, sir. Higgins: Very well! Send her in! This is lucky! Now I can show you how I make records of people's voices! Mrs Pearce:    This is the young lady, sir. Higgins: Oh no! This is the girl I met last night. I've already written about her accent. Get out, girl! I don't want you here. Eliza: Don't you be so rude to me! You ain't heard why I come here yet. I'm come to have lessons, I am. Higgins: Pickering, shall we ask her to sit down or shall we throw her out? Pickering:  Do sit down. Now tell us, what is it you want? Eliza: I wants to be a lady. He said he could make me one. So, here I am, ready to pay him for lessons. Higgins:         What's your name? Eliza:             Eliza Doolittle. Higgins:         And how much do you intend to pay me for the lessons?

SONG: Lend a

Helping Hand

Scene 2

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Eliza:	Well, I ain't paying much to learn my own language, so I won't give more than a shilling. Take it or leave it.
Higgins:	A shilling. Do you know, Pickering, that a shilling is about forty percent of her daily income, that is sixty pounds of a millionaire's daily income.
Eliza:	Sixty pounds! I never said nothing about sixty pounds! I ain't got sixty pounds!
Higgins:	Oh, please be quiet. And take this to wipe your eyes.
Pickering:	Higgins, I have an idea! You're the greatest teacher alive. Do you think you can make this girl into a lady in time for the Ambassador's party?
Higgins:	I don't know .
Pickering:	I'll bet you all the expenses of the experiment you can't do it, and I'll pay for the lessons!
Eliza:	Oh! You're a real gentleman!
Higgins:	It's certainly an interesting experiment! She's so very common .. so very dirty!
Eliza:	Ow! I ain't dirty! I washed my face and hands before I come, I did!
Higgins:	I shall do it! I shall make this awful creature into a lady! Yes, in just six months, I'll make people believe she's a duchess!
Eliza:	Aaaaah-ow!
Pickering:	Wonderful!
Higgins:	Take her away and clean her, Mrs Pearce! Burn her clothes and wrap her in brown paper until the new ones arrive!
Eliza:	Ow l. You're no gentleman, you're not! I'm a good girl, I am!
Mrs Pearce:	I haven't got anywhere to put her, sir.
Higgins:	Then put her in the dustbin!
Eliza:	Aaaaah-ow!
Mrs Pearce:	Oh, Professor Higgins. You can't do this. You don't know anything about this girl. She may be married!
Eliza:	Married! Who'd marry me?
Higgins:	My word, Eliza! There will be a queue of men waiting to marry you by the time I've finished with you!
Mrs Pearce:	Oh, do be sensible, Professor. You must think about what will happen to this girl.
Pickering:	What do you mean, Mrs Pearce?
Mrs Pearce:	Well, are you going to pay her wages? And where will she go when you finish your experiment?
Higgins:	When I've finished with her, she can go anywhere she likes and do anything she likes!
Pickering:	Exactly! She will be a lady! What do you think of that, Miss Doolittle?
Eliza:	Well ...

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Mrs Pearce:	I think you'd better let me speak to the girl in private.
Higgins:	Very well, Mrs Pearce! Take her off to the bathroom and clean her up.
Eliza:	You're a bully, you are! I won't stay here if I don't like it! I'm a good girl, I am!
Narrator:	Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering were sitting by the fire when Mrs Pearce returned to the room.
Mrs Pearce:	Sir, I'm afraid we have another problem now. There's a Mr Doolittle here to see you. He says you have his daughter.
Higgins:	Very well! Send the man in!
Mrs Pearce:	Mr Doolittle, sir.
Alfred:	Professor Higgins?
Higgins:	Here. Do sit down.
Alfred:	I come about a very serious matter. I want my daughter.
Higgins:	Well, I'm not going to keep your daughter for you! Take her away! How dare you come here and try to blackmail me?
Alfred:	Blackmail you? What are you talking about?
Higgins:	You sent her here on purpose! You want money! I shall call the police!
Alfred:	Now wait a second! I never said nothing about money!
Higgins:	Well, what else have you come here for? Do go on with your story.
Alfred:	Well. Eliza sent a boy for her things, and I met him on the street. He told me where she was, so I come here to find out what was going on.
Higgins:	I see. Well, you can take her away now.
Alfred:	Now hold on. I like you, and I can see that you're a gentleman.
Higgins:	Oh, can you?
Alfred:	I'm sure we can come to an arrangement. After all, what's five pounds to you, and what's Eliza to me?
Pickering:	You mean you would sell your daughter to us? Have you no morals?
Alfred:	I can't afford morals. Nor could you, if you was as poor as me! Morals are for the rich.
Higgins:	We shall give the man five pounds, Pickering, and we shall write to Professor Wannafeller.
Alfred:	Professor who?
Pickering:	Professor Wannafeller. The famous Professor of Morality.
Higgins:	Exactly! We shall tell him that if he ever wants a man to talk about morality among the poor, he should send for Mr Alfred Doolittle!

Higgins: You shall stay with me for the next six months and learn how to speak beautifully. Then, we shall go to the Ambassador's ball. If you pass off as a lady, you shall start life as a lady in a flower shop. What do you think?

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	Alfred:	Don't mix me up. I just want five pounds. I ain't asked for nothing more.
	Higgins:	Then, here you are. Are you sure you don't want more? I can give you ten pounds if you like.
	Alfred:	Oh, no. Ten pounds is too much. Five pounds is all I want. Thank you, sir. I'd better go now, sir. Excuse me, miss.
	Eliza:	Blimey! Don't you know your own daughter?
	Alfred:	Well, I never! It's Eliza!
	Eliza:	Don't I look silly?
	Higgins:	Silly? You look amazing.
	Mrs Pearce:	Mr Higgins, please don't make the girl conceited about herself.
	Eliza:	I'll put my hat on. I'll look alright with my hat on.
	Alfred:	Well, I never thought she'd be as good looking as that.
	Higgins:	You'll come regularly to see your daughter, Mr Doolittle. It's your duty, you know.
	Alfred:	Of course I'll come. I can't come this week, though, because I have a job out of town. But I'll come later. Afternoon, gentlemen.
	Eliza:	Don't you believe the old liar. You won't see him again in a hurry.
	Higgins:	I don't want to see him, Eliza. Do you?
	Eliza:	I don't want never to see him again, I don't. I'm going to be a lady now. I should like to show everyone in my old street what I look like now. I wouldn't speak to them, you know.
	Pickering:	Perhaps you should wait until you have more fashionable clothes. Your new things will be here soon.
	Higgins:	Besides, you shouldn't be rude to your old friends. You mustn't be a snob.
	Eliza:	Don't call them my friends. They laughed at me in the past, and now I want to put them in their place.
	Mrs Pearce:	The new clothes have come for Eliza to try on.
	Eliza:	Hooray!
	Higgins:	We have taken on a difficult job, Pickering.
	Pickering:	We have, indeed.
	Narrator:	Alfred sold Eliza to Professor Higgins for five pounds. Perhaps the two men didn't realise that there are some things money just can't buy.
SONG: Don't Be	Money can buy many things
a Stranger	Racing cars and diamond rings Yachts that sail and jets that fly But there are things it cannot buy

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Scene 3Narrator: Four months passed. Eliza worked with Professor Higgins for hours every day, learning to speak the English language the way a lady would speak it.

                                                 Higgins:       Your vowels sound terrible! Try harder.

                                                  Eliza:            But I am trying! This is the best I can do.

                                                  Higgins:        Oh no, no! What am I to do with you?

Narrator: It was hard work, and Eliza often became frustrated and angry. However, one day, Professor Higgins decided that it was time to test Eliza by introducing her to some upper-class people at his mother's house.

                                                  Higgins:         Good afternoon, Mother!

Mrs Higgins: What are you doing here, Henry? You know this is the day when I invite people to tea, and you offend all my friends.

                                                  Higgins:         Nonsense!

Mrs Higgins: You do! You say the wrong things to them, and then they never want to visit me again!

                                                                   Higgins:                   I'm sorry, Mother. You know I'm not good at small talk.

Anyway, there's a girl I want you and your friends to meet.

                                                 Mrs Higgins: Oh Henry! Do you mean that you've fallen in love? At last!

                                                  Higgins:         No, no, no! I haven't fallen in love. This girl is a project.

                                                 Mrs Higgins:   A project?

Higgins: She's a common flower girl. I've picked her off the street and I'm teaching her to speak like a lady. I want her to meet other upper-class people.

                                                 Mrs Higgins:   Oh, Henry!

Higgins: Don't worry, Mother. I've taught her to speak properly, and I've told her only to talk about the weather and everybody's health. It will be quite safe.

                                                 Mrs Higgins:  So you say she speaks properly now?

                                                  Higgins:        Her English is almost as good as your French.

                                                 Mrs Higgins:  This is satisfactory.

                                                  Higgins:          Well, it is and it isn't.

                                                 Mrs Higgins:   What does that mean?

Higgins: Well She pronounces all her words properly. The trouble is, you have to think not only about how a girl pronounces words, but also what words she pronounces ...

                                                 Mrs Higgins:  What do you mean, Henry?

                        CHORUS:    Money can't buy love, it's true

It can't make people care for you

There are some comforts it can bring

But money isn't everything

Money can buy fine attire

And homes that people will admire Delicious food of every sort

But certain things just can't be bought

Maid:	Your guests are here, Mrs Higgins.
Mrs Higgins:	Please show them in. Now, Henry, be nice!
Mrs E-H•.	Good afternoon. How do you do?
Mrs Higgins:	How do you do? This is my son, Henry.
Mrs E-H:	How do you do?
Henry:	How do you do?
Maid:	Colonel Pickering is here.
Mrs Higgins:	Do come in, Colonel. Let me introduce you to the Eynsford-Hills.
Pickering:	How do you do?
Mrs E-H:	How do you do?
Higgins:	Where's Eliza? What on earth are we going to talk about until she comes? What on earth do I know of philosophy or poetry?
Mrs Higgins:	Or of manners, Henry.
Maid:	Miss Eliza Doolittle.
Mrs E-H:	She looks quite impressive, doesn't she?
Freddy:	She's stunning!
Higgins:	Ah, Mother! This is Eliza!
Eliza:	How do you do?
Mrs Higgins:	How do you do? This is Mrs Eynsford-Hill, her daughter, Clara, and her son, Freddy.
Eliza:	How do you do?
Mrs Higgins:	Will it rain, do you think?
Eliza:	There is no great change in the barometrical situation.
Freddy:	Oh, haha!
Eliza:	What is wrong with that, young man? I bet I got it right.
Mrs E-H:	I hope it won't turn cold. Our whole family suffer from influenza when the weather turns cold.
Eliza:	My aunt died of influenza. At least, that's what they said. If you ask me, they did the old woman in.
Mrs E-H:	Did her in? What on earth do you mean, my dear?
Higgins:	It's the new slang! It means, to kill someone.
Mrs Higgins:	Do you mean that you think someone killed your aunt?
Eliza:	Yes! She was as strong as a horse. Ain't no way she died of influenza! Not her!
Freddy:	Oh, that's terribly funny!
Eliza:	Here! What are you laughing at? I haven't said anything funny, have l?
Freddy:	It's the new slang! You do it so well!
Higgins:	Ahem!
Eliza:	Oh, I really must go. Thank you so much. Goodbye!
All:	Goodbye!

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Mrs E-H•.	Well! I really don't think I can manage the new slang!
Clara:	Oh, Mother! People will think we are so old-fashioned if you don't get used to it!
Mrs E-H:	It's time for us to go. We have another home to visit this afternoon.
Mrs Higgins:	It's been a pleasure. Do visit me again on one of my athome days. Freddy, you are welcome to meet Miss Doolittle here again.
Freddy:	Thank you, madam.
Higgins:	And, Clara, make sure you try out that new slang at the next home you visit!
Clara:	Oh, we will! It's such fun!
Higgins:	Well, Mother, what do you think? Is Eliza a lady?
Mrs Higgins:	You silly boy! Of course she's not a lady!
Higgins:	Why ever not?
Mrs Higgins:	She's beautiful, and her pronunciation is perfect, but every word that comes out of her mouth shows that she is still a common flower girl!
Pickering:	Do you think we can do something about her language?
Mrs Higgins:	Not while Henry is her teacher. His language is hardly a good example.
Higgins:	Well, perhaps you're right.
Mrs Higgins:	Now, you two. I want you to tell me exactly how things are at Wimpole Street.
Pickering:	Oh, I have moved there. Henry and I are working together on Indian dialects.
Mrs Higgins:	Yes, I know all that. But where does the girl live?
Higgins:	Well, she lives with us, of course!
Mrs Higgins:	I see. But is she a servant? Is she the lady of the house? What is she? Who exactly is Eliza?
Pickering:	I think I know what you mean ...
Higgins:	Well, I don't! All I know is that the girl is useful.
Mrs Higgins:	Useful?
Higgins:	Yes! She knows where everything is, she makes a note of all my appointments, and so on.
Mrs Higgins:	Oh dear. Don't you realise that when Eliza walked into Wimpole Street, she brought a problem with her? The problem of what to do with her once you finish your lessons.
Higgins:	Well, that's no problem at all. She can go her own way, with all the advantages I have given her.
Mrs Higgins:	Advantages? She will have all the manners and habits of a fine lady, but she will not have a fine lady's money! What is she to do?
Higgins:	We'll find her some employment.
Pickering:	Oh, don't worry, Mrs Higgins. We'll find her something to do!
Higgins:	Well, Mother, we must go!	57

 

	Pickering:	Yes! We have to prepare Eliza for her visit to the Ambassador's party!
	Narrator:	The two men only had a few weeks to turn their pupil into a proper lady, and they were determined to make the most of the time they had left.
SONG: Time is	You may think you've got time to kill
Preciou	But don't forget, time won't stand still The clock is ticking, seconds pass Tomorrow always comes too fast CHORUS:   Time is precious, so make haste Time isn't something you should waste Every second of every day Is yours to use in your own way Don't hang around, don't hesitate The next moment may be too late The minutes keep slipping away So make the most of every day
Scene 4	Narrator:		The big day arrived. Higgins was about to find out if he would win his bet, as he and the Colonel accompanied Eliza to the Ambassador's party.
	Eliza:		I can't believe my eyes! Look how dashing everyone looks!
	Higgins:		Don't forget that you look like one of them now, Eliza. Do your best to sound like one, too.
	Eliza:		I will. Please wait for me here until I return from the cloakroom.
	Pickering:		Shall I leave our coats, too, Henry?
	Higgins:		Yes, please. Thank you.
	Nepommuck:		Professor, Professor! Do you remember me?
	Higgins:		No, I don't. Who on earth are you?
	Nepommuck:		I am your pupil. I am little Nepommuck. You cannot forget ME!
	Higgins:		What are you doing here, among all these important people?
	Nepommuck:		I am an interpreter. I speak thirty-two languages. I am essential at international parties.
	Servant:		You are wanted upstairs by Her Excellency, sir.
	Nepommuck:		It was so nice to see you again after all these years, Professor. We will talk later.
	Pickering:		Is this fellow really an expert? Can he find Eliza out and blackmail her?
	Higgins:		We shall see. If he finds out, I will lose my bet.
	Eliza:		Are you nervous, Colonel?
	Pickering:		Frightfully. It is like my first time in a battle.

Eliza: It is not the first time for me. I have done this hundreds of times in my dreams. It is like a dream now. Promise not to wake me because I'll talk as I used to.

Servant: Honoured guests, may I present to you the Ambassador and his wife.

                                   Higgins:        It's time to go now. Are you both ready?

Servant: May I present Professor Higgins, Colonel Pickering and Miss Doolittle.

                                   Pickering:      How do you do?

Ambassador's wife: Is that your adopted daughter, Colonel? She will make a big impression. Nepommuck, find out all about her.

                                    Guest 1:        I wonder who this lady is. Have you seen her before?

                                    Guest 2:      She looks stunning, doesn't she? And her English is perfect.

                                                Guest 1:             She looks like a real lady. Let's draw closer. How do you do?

                                   Eliza:            How do you do?

Guest 1:         Your English is perfect. You sound exactly like Queen Victoria.

Nepommuck: Miss Doolittle is a fraud, your Excellency. She cannot deceive me. She cannot be English.

Ambassador's wife:      Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly.

Nepommuck: Too perfectly. Only foreigners who have been taught to speak English speak it so well. She's Hungarian and of royal blood, like me.

                                   Higgins:         I say she's a common girl taught to speak by an expert.

Ambassador's wife: Oh, of course I agree with Nepommuck. She must be a princess at least.

Eliza: I cannot do this anymore. An old lady has just told me I speak exactly like Queen Victoria. I am sorry I have lost your bet. I shall never be the same as these people.

                                    Pickering:    You have not lost it, dear. You have won it ten times over!

                                   Higgins:       Now, let's get out of here. I have had enough of these fools.

SONG: Believe i          An upper-class lady,

            Yourself           With manners so quaint,

Miss Doolittle is, or Miss Doolittle "ain't"?

Don't let her fool you,

This young lady knows,

Just what she is worth,

With a heart made of gold.

                                               CHORUS:        Believe in yourself,

Whoever you are, Your beauty's within, And not from afar.

Be proud of your sparkle,

Be daring, and bold,59

And all of your treasures, Will start to unfold.

An upper-class lady,

With manners so quaint,

Miss Doolittle is, or Miss Doolittle "ain't"?

Whichever you choose,

The lady, or girl,

Her wisdom's more precious, Than diamonds and pearls.

5.

                                                            CHORUS:        Believe in yourself,

Whoever you are, Your beauty's within, And not from afar.

Be proud of your dazzle, Your spirit, your style, You're special, unique! Now put on a smile!

Scene 5 Narrator: It was midnight, but Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering were wide awake. They had just returned from a very busy day.

Pickering: What a day! First, the Ambassador's party, then a dinner party, and then the opera!

Higgins:         Yes, but we did it, Pickering! We convinced everyone that Eliza is a lady!

Pickering: Oh, I can't take any of the praise. You did it all, Higgins! You achieved the impossible! I didn't think you'd really do it, but you did!

Higgins: Yes, I did, didn't l? Those silly people were really fooled! Oh! Thank goodness it's all over! The thing was interesting at first but then I got incredibly bored.

Pickering: I was even frightened once or twice because Eliza was doing it so well, better than the real upper-class people.

Higgins: What silly people. At last I can go to bed without dreading tomorrow.

                                               Pickering:     Well, I think I shall turn in too. Goodnight!

                                                              Higgins:              Goodnight!

                                              Eliza:            Ohhh!

                                              Higgins:        What on earth have I done with my slippers?

                                               Eliza:             Here are your slippers!

                                                              Higgins:                 What? What's the matter? Is there something wrong?

Eliza: Oh no! There's nothing wrong with YOU! I've won your bet for you, and you're just FINE! But what about ME?

Higgins: YOU won my bet? YOU? I won it. Why did you throw those slippers at me? How on earth do I know what is going to happen to you?

Eliza: Oh! You don't care! I'm nothing to you! You care more about them slippers!

                                               Higgins:     How dare you? And it's THOSE slippers, not THEM slippers!

Eliza: What difference does it make now? Just tell me something. Do my clothes belong to me?

Higgins: Well of course they belong to you. What would Pickering or myself do with them?

Eliza:             Thank you. I just want to know what I can take with me. I don't want to be accused of stealing.

Higgins: Stealing? Who would accuse you of stealing? You shouldn't have said that. It shows lack of sensitivity.

                                    Eliza:              I just want to be sure.

Higgins: Take anything you want except for the jewels. They are hired. Are you satisfied?

Eliza: This is not hired. It's the one you bought me but I don't want it. It's all yours!

Higgins: You have made me lose my temper, Eliza.l am going to bed. I will see you in the morning.

Eliza: You'd better leave a note for Mrs Pearce about the coffee in the morning.

Narrator: Eliza gathered her things, and silently left the house. She had no intention of ever seeing Professor Higgins again. He would certainly be sorry when he found out she had gone.

 

Maid:	Professor Higgins is downstairs with Colonel Pickering. They want to see you.
Mrs Higgins:	I see. Please go upstairs and tell Miss Doolittle that Henry and the Colonel are here.
Maid:	Yes, Mrs Higgins.
Mrs Higgins:	Ask her not to come down until I send for her.
Maid:	Yes, madam.
Higgins:	Look here, Mother! A terrible thing has happened.
Mrs Higgins:	Oh dear! What is it?
Pickering:	Eliza has disappeared!
Mrs Higgins:	Well. Perhaps you upset her.
Higgins:	Of course I didn't! She just left, without any explanation. What am I to do?
Mrs Higgins:	Well, there's nothing you can do. The girl has a right to leave if she chooses.
Higgins:	But I can't find anything! I don't know when any of my appointments are! I'm in a mess without Eliza.
Pickering:	No luck with the police, Henry. They only make things more complicated.
Mrs Higgins:	Have you called the police? As if Eliza were a lost umbrella! You have no more sense than two children!
Maid:	There's a Mr Doolittle here to see Professor Higgins. He was sent here from Wimpole Street.
Higgins:	Do you mean the dustman?
Maid:	Oh no, sir! This Mr Doolittle is a gentleman.
Mrs Higgins:	Show him in.
Maid:	Mr Alfred Doolittle, madam.
Alfred:	Look at this! See what you done? You ruined me. Destroyed my happiness.
Higgins:	What on earth are you talking about?
Alfred:	Did you or did you not go to Professor Wannafeller and tell him to contact me?
Higgins:	Well, yes, I did, but what does it matter now? The man died last month!
Alfred:	Yes! And he only gone and left me three thousand pounds a year in his will!
Pickering:	Really?
Alfred:	Oh yes! He thought I were the greatest moralist there ever was!
Pickering:	Well, what's wrong with that?
Alfred:	I used to be happy! When I needed money, I asked other people for it, same as I asked you.
Pickering:	Well, now you have your own money!
Alfred:	Yes! And now I has to support all my poor relations!
Mrs Higgins:	Well, that's good news. You can support Eliza, too.

Higgins: Nonsense! I gave him five pounds for Eliza! She's mine, and I shall support her! If only I knew where she was! Mrs Higgins: If you really want to know where Eliza is, she's upstairs.

                                    Higgins:         Upstairs! Right!

Mrs Higgins: Wait a minute, Henry! You need to listen very carefully to what I am about to say.

                                    Higgins:         Oh, all right! What is it?

Mrs Higgins: Eliza came to me this morning. She told me of the terrible way you two treated her.

                                    Higgins:         What? That's nonsense!

Pickering: He's right, Mrs Higgins. We were certainly not unkind to Eliza last night. Higgins, did you bully her after I went to bed? Higgins: No! She bullied me! She threw my slippers at me!

                                     Pickering:      Why would she do a thing like that?

Mrs Higgins: I'll tell you why. Eliza worked very hard for you, and yet you didn't give her one word of praise.

                                     Pickering:      Perhaps we were a little thoughtless. Is she very angry?

                                    Mrs Higgins:  Well, she won't go back to Wimpole Street.

                                    Pickering:     Oh dear.

Mrs Higgins: But if you promise to behave yourselves, I shall ask her to come down and talk to you. Pickering: Of course we'll behave ourselves!

                                    Mrs Higgins:   Henry?

                                    Higgins:         Oh, all right!

                                    Mrs Higgins: Tell Miss Doolittle to come downstairs.

Alfred: I'll go out in the garden. She don't want to see me looking like this. Not just yet.

Eliza: How do you do, Professor Higgins? How do you do, Colonel Pickering?

                                    Pickering:   Eliza! You look like a true lady!

                                     Eliza:             Quite chilly this morning, isn't it?

Higgins: Don't you dare play this game on me. I taught it to you and you can't fool me. Get your things and come home!

Eliza: Anyone can learn to speak properly and dress properly, Mr Higgins. But the true difference between a lady and a flower girl is how she's treated.

                                     Higgins:         How she is treated?

Eliza: Yes. I shall always be a flower girl to you, because you always treat me like a flower girl, and always will.

                                     Higgins:         I do not!

Eliza:             But to Colonel Pickering, I shall always be a lady, because he always treats me like a lady, and always will.

                                     Pickering:     But will you forgive Higgins and come back?

Eliza: He only wants me back to pick up his slippers and fetch and carry for him.63

Higgins:	I don't want you back at all!
Eliza:	Very well. I can do without you. I'll marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill. He writes to me two or three times a day! He truly loves me.
Higgins:	That young fool! He couldn't get a job even as an errand boy! How will you live?
Eliza:	I'll work! I'll go and be a teacher!
Higgins:	Oh really? What will you teach?
Eliza:	I'll teach what you taught me! I'll teach phonetics.
Higgins:	I like you like this, Eliza! You're full of strength! I've really made you into a woman, after all. Oh, by the way, I want you to buy some things for me.
Eliza:	Honestly, Professor, I cannot imagine what you are to do without me.
Mrs Higgins:	I should be uneasy about the two of you if Eliza wasn't fond of the Colonel.
Mr Higgins:	Pickering! Nonsense! She's going to marry Freddy. Ha ha! Freddy!

                    SONG: What                 What makes a lady?

                                  Makes               Is it breeding? Is it grace?

Lady? What makes a lady? Is it something in her face?

Is she a lady?

If her accent isn't right?

Is she a lady?

If she's not always polite?

                                            CHORUS:    The answer is simple

Just what is she to you?

The way that you treat her

Will soon start to shine through

Treat her like a lady

And you will realise

That you'll see a lady

When you look into her eyes

What makes a lady?

Is it money? Is it style?

What makes a lady?

Is it something in her smile?

Is she a lady?

If she hasn't got a bean?

Is she a lady?

If her hands aren't always clean?

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