My Fair Lady and Cockney English
MY FAIR LADY AND Grete Kirpu, Carmen
Sooniste
COCKNEY ENGLISH
MY FAIR LADY
· My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's
Pygmalion with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by
Frederick Loewe.
·Running time: 170 minutes
·My Fair Lady is full of songs.For example: "The Rain in Spain", "On
the Street Where You Live", "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" etc
· My Fair Lady talks about simple cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle
·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZQyNctfPAY
MY FAIR LADY ACTORS
Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolitlle
Rex Harrison, who plays the part of Professor Henry Higgins
Stanley Holloway as Alfred P. Doolittle
Isobel Elsom as Mrs.Eynsford-Hill
Mona Washbourne as Mrs. Pearce
Etc..
COCKNEY ENGLISH
·Cockney English is the accent and form of English that workingclass
people used to use in the East End of London.