"My Fair Lady" At NIHS
By Ryoko GOTO
London theater company, "One World", will be performing "My Fair Lady" at NIHS on November 10th.
The musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's 1916 play, "Pygmalion". "My Fair Lady" was made into a hit movie in 1964, starring Audrey Hepburn in the leading role of the flower girl, Eliza Doolittle.
The story is about a professor of linguistics who overhears a London flower girl speaking and is shocked by her terrible accent. He makes a bet with his friend and says: "I can make her speak like a noblewoman in six months." The flower girl hears this and visits the professor the next day because she wants to learn how to speak well. The professor is interested and accepts the challenge.
He is a very strict teacher but she works hard. Over time, they begin to fall in love but the professor is a stubborn man and only thinks of winning the bet. To test his success in changing the girl's accent and behavior, he introduces her to rich people to see if they can be fooled into believing she is a noblewoman. The professor wins the bet but loses the flower girl.
London theater company, "One World", will be performing "My Fair Lady" at NIHS on November 10th.
The musical is based on George Bernard Shaw's 1916 play, "Pygmalion". "My Fair Lady" was made into a hit movie in 1964, starring Audrey Hepburn in the leading role of the flower girl, Eliza Doolittle.
The story is about a professor of linguistics who overhears a London flower girl speaking and is shocked by her terrible accent. He makes a bet with his friend and says: "I can make her speak like a noblewoman in six months." The flower girl hears this and visits the professor the next day because she wants to learn how to speak well. The professor is interested and accepts the challenge.
He is a very strict teacher but she works hard. Over time, they begin to fall in love but the professor is a stubborn man and only thinks of winning the bet. To test his success in changing the girl's accent and behavior, he introduces her to rich people to see if they can be fooled into believing she is a noblewoman. The professor wins the bet but loses the flower girl.
posted by Nagoya International Senior and Junior High School at 4:00 PM
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