My Fair Lady and Cockney English
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.
·The accent has dissapeared from modern London but can still be
heared in Essex.
·Speakers use rhyming slang, where the speaker replaces the word
with an rhyming phrase.
·https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjKgPost1j4
PEARLIES
Cockneys who wear pearly outfits during parades are called
pearlies.
Thanks for
listening!