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CHARACTERS
Liza
Pickering
Higgins
Mrs. Pearce

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*A note on the text. There are a few words and phrases deliberately in incorrect English, the mistakes Liza
makes while she is learning to speak correct English. They are in italics and underlined, marked like this.

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Scene 1
Buy a flower, lady

It is raining in London, at night. Various pedestrians have gathered under the portico of a West End
theatre, playing a famous musical. They are all peering out gloomily at the rain, except one man with
his back turned to the rest, who seems wholly preoccupied with a notebook in which he is writing
busily.

The Lady: Im so cold! Where are the taxis?

Bystander: You wont get a taxi, not in this rain.

The Lady: But I must have a taxi.

Bystander: Sorry, there is not one free.

The Bystander rushes off into the rain but bumps into the Flower Girl on his way out.

Liza: Hey: look where youre going, dear.

Bystander: Sorry (He rushes off).

Liza: (Picking up her flowers and replacing them in the basket) What bad manners! My poor
flowers! Will you pay me for them?

The Lady: How much? I only have one pound.

Liza: I can change five pounds, kind lady.

The Lady: This is for your flowers.

Liza: Thank you very much.

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An elderly gentleman rushes into shelter, and closes a dripping umbrella. He is very wet about the
ankles. He is in evening dress, with a light overcoat. The Flower Girl looks up in admiration at the
theatre signs and lights, and begins humming a show tune.

Pickering: Phew!

The Lady: (To the gentleman) Is the rain stopping?

Pickering: Im afraid not. Its worse than ever.

The Lady: Oh no!

Liza: Then its nearly over. Come on! Buy a flower.

Pickering: Im sorry, I dont have any change.

Liza: I can give you change.

Pickering: For ten pounds? I dont have anything else.

Liza: Oh no! I can only change five pounds. Oh please buy a flower. Take this for fifty pence. I can
sing a song for you too!

Pickering: Dont be annoying. (Trying his pockets) I really dont have any change

Liza: (She begins to sing a famous show tune. She has a nice voice, but insecure. The
Gentleman interrupts her after a couple of lines)

Pickering: Wait: heres twenty pence.

Liza: (Disappointed) Thank you, sir.

The man taking notes has started to laugh, at first quietly, and then quite loud.

The Lady: Whats he laughing at?

Higgins: Poor thing. What a horrible voice!

Liza: What? I have a nice voice. My mother told me!

Higgins: Oh dear, oh dear. Awful.

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Liza: How dare you? (She is nearly in tears)

Pickering: (To Higgins) Really, sir. You should leave the poor Girl alone.

The Lady: Yeah, leave her alone.

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Higgins: (He begins to sing the same show tune as the flower Girl, but with a beautiful resonant
voice) Thats better isnt it?

Pickering: Yes it is.

The Lady: Wow! What a great voice!

Liza: Hes no gentleman.

Higgins: It stopped raining about two minutes ago.

The Lady: Why didnt you say so before? Wasting our time She walks off.

Liza: Insulting people...

Pickering: How do you know so much about music?

Higgins: I work in musicals. Im a voice teacher.

Pickering: But is there money in that?

Higgins: Oh yes. All actors want to have beautiful voices. I help them to talk and sing.

Liza: I think you are a horrible person!

Higgins: (Explosively) Shut up or go away!

Liza: (With feeble defiance) Ill stay right here.

Higgins: You are making stupid noises. Remember that you talk the language of Shakespeare; and
dont sit there making horrible noises.

Liza: You are so cruel!

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Higgins: You speak horrible English! Well, in three months I could make that Girl the star in this musical
(Pointing at the theatre behind them. Liza looks up in wonder) Thats what I can do.

Pickering: I am myself a voice teacher in Canada; and

Higgins: Are you? Do you know Pickering, at the Canadian Musical Theatre Company?

Pickering: I am Pickering. Who are you?

Higgins: Henry Higgins.

Pickering: (With enthusiasm) I came from Canada to meet you.

Higgins: I was going to Canada to meet you.

Pickering: Where do you live?

Higgins: 27A Wimpole Street. Come and see me tomorrow.

Pickering: Im at the Carlton hotel.

Higgins: Wheres that?

Pickering: It is just around the corner, left at Trafalgar Square. Come with me now and lets talk.

Higgins: Good idea.

Liza: (To Pickering, as he passes her) Buy a flower, kind gentleman.

Pickering: I really dont have any change. Im sorry (He goes away).

Higgins: Awful singer.

Liza: You are a horrible person! (Flinging the basket at his feet)

The church clock strikes the second quarter. Higgins feels a moment of remorse for his lack of
charity to the poor Girl. He throws a handful of money into her flower basket and follows Pickering.

Liza: (Picking up a pound) Wow! (Picking up a couple of pounds) Wooooow! (Picking up

several coins) Ooooooooooh! (Picking up another pound) Whoaaaaaaa!!!

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Wonderful world

Liza:

I want to leave this place
Im looking up at the stars

All the things I could do with this money

Never know what it is to be hungry
Not to worry about every penny

Tonight I go home in a taxi

If only every night were the same
now it all seems so far away

I want to leave this place

Im looking up at the stars
What a wonderful world
This could be if they would let me sing

I want to run away

Im looking up at the stars
What a wonderful world
This could be if they would let me sing

Day-dreaming about being lucky

Meet the Queen for tea
Except I wouldnt know what to say

If only I could talk like a lady

Learn to act like the ladies do
Maybe I could be happy

I want to leave this place

Im looking up at the stars
What a wonderful world
This could be if they would let me sing

I want to run away

Im looking up at the stars
What a wonderful world
This could be if they would let me sing

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Scene 2
A Big Job

Higgins house. He has recording equipment, microphones. Pickering is with him. They are listening
to many different voices saying the same sentence: The rain in Spain. Many of them sound exactly
the same.

Higgins: My hobby is to record peoples accents. You never know when you need to train an actor to
sound Australian!

Pickering: Incredible! I thought I was good. But you know so much more than me!

Higgins: (Mrs. Pearce, Higgins secretary enters) Hello Mrs. Pearce. Whats the matter?

Mrs. Pearce: (Hesitating, evidently confused) A young woman wants to see you, sir.

Higgins: A young woman? What does she want?

Mrs. Pearce: Well, she says youll be happy to see her. Shes quite a common Girl, sir. Very common. I
thought you wanted to record her accent. I hope Im not wrong; but you see such strange
people sometimes

Higgins: Oh, thats all right, Mrs. Pearce. Does she have an interesting accent?

Mrs. Pearce: Oh, its horrible, sir, really. I dont know how you can find it interesting.

Higgins: (To Pickering) Tell her to come in, Mrs. Pearce (He rushes across to his working table
and picks out a tape).

Mrs. Pearce: (Only half resigned to it) Very well, sir. If you say so (She goes).

Higgins: This is good luck. Ill show you how I record. I will tape her accent.

Mrs. Pearce: (Returning) This is the young woman, sir.

The flower Girl enters. She has a hat with three ostrich feathers, orange, sky-blue, and red. She has a
nearly clean apron, and the shoddy coat has been tidied a little.

Higgins: (Brusquely, recognizing her with unconcealed disappointment) Oh no! The flower Girl? I
dont like your voice and your accent is even worse. (To the Girl) Go away.

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Liza: Youre so rude! You dont know why Im here yet. (To Mrs. Pearce) Did you tell him I come in
a taxi?

Mrs. Pearce: Do you think he cares?

Liza: He gives lessons: I heard him say so. Well, if my moneys not good enough I can go
somewhere else.

Higgins: Good enough for what?

Liza: Good enough for you. Im here for lessons. And to pay for them too.

Higgins: WELL!!! What do you expect me to say to you?

Liza: Well, first, ask me to sit down.

Higgins: Pickering: should we ask her to sit down or should we throw her out of the window?

Liza: (Running away in terror) Noooooooo! I wont be treated like that.

Motionless, the two men stare at her from the other side of the room, amazed.

Pickering: (Gently) What do you want?

Liza: I want to be in the musical. I want you to teach me to sing.

Mrs. Pearce: Dont be stupid! How can you pay Mr. Higgins?

Liza: Why not? I know what lessons cost; and Im ready to pay.

Pickering: (Very courteous) Sit down, please.

Liza: Thank you. (She sits down)

Higgins: Whats your name?

Liza: Liza Doolittle.

Pickering: Higgins: Im interested. What about that new musical? Teach her and Ill say youre the best
teacher alive. Ill bet you cant do it. And Ill pay for the lessons.

Liza: Oh, you are so good. Thank you.

Higgins: (Tempted, looking at her) Its almost irresistible. Shes so horribly dirty

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Liza: (Protesting extremely) Heeeeeeey!!! Im not dirty: I washed my face and hands before
coming.

Higgins: Yes: in six months in three if she has a good ear Well start today: now! Yes, right now!
Take her away, Mrs. Pearce. If she doesnt obey you, send her away.

Liza: Heeeeeeey!

Pickering: Please, Higgins! be reasonable.

Mrs. Pearce: (Resolutely) You must be reasonable, Mr. Higgins: really you must. You cant treat people like
this.

Liza: No, you cant! I got feelings. Im a human being.

Higgins: (To Pickering) You see the difficulty?

Pickering: Eh? What difficulty?

Higgins: Pronunciation is easy. She needs to learn grammar

Liza: I dont want to learn grammar. I want to sing.

Higgins: Yes, but you need to learn how to talk and behave like a lady before singing.

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Higgins: A little test. Say your alphabet.

Liza: I know my alphabet. Im not stupid!

Higgins: (Thundering) Say your alphabet!

Pickering: Say it, Miss Doolittle. You will understand. Do what he tells you; and let him teach you.

Liza: Oh well. Maybe youre right - Ayeee, bayee, saeye....

Higgins: (With the roar of a wounded lion) STOP! Listen to this, Pickering. This is the education we
pay money for. The result is Ayee, bayee, sayee... Eliza: say A. B. C. D.

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Liza: (Almost in tears) But I said it right. Ayee, bayee, sayee...

Higgins: Stop! Say A cup of tea.

Liza: A cuppa tae.

Higgins: Put your tongue forward. Now say Cup.

Liza: Cu-cu-cu. I cant! (Finally) Cup.

Pickering: (Surprised) Good! Well done, Miss Doolittle.

Higgins: Thats it. Pickering, we will make her a singer (To Liza). Next step: say Tea Not taye. If you
say beaye, or caeye or daeye again, you will go away immediately. (Fortissimo) T.T.T.T.

Liza: (Weeping) I cant hear the difference; it sounds better when you say it.

Higgins: Of course! Why are you crying?

Pickering: No, no. Dont worry, Miss Doolittle: you are doing very well. I promise we wont send you
away.

Liza: Yes. I will practice, I promise.

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Higgins: Yes you must practice. Say it!

Liza: I must practice.

Higgins: Good. I must not speak like a horrible street Girl.

Liza: I must not speak like an orrible street Girl.

Higgins: No! Did I say orrible? Did I?

Liza: Yes you did! Dont call me orrible.

Higgins: Horrible! Horrible! There is an H at the beginning of that word! Pronounce it Girl!

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Liza: Orrible

Higgins: HHHHorrible!

Liza: Orrible (Nearly in tears)

Higgins: Listen to the sound. HOH!

Liza: Hoh

Higgins: HOHorrible!

Liza: Horrible

Pickering: There you are! Well done, Liza.

Higgins: About time. Hotel!

Liza: Hotel

Higgins: Hippopotamus!

Liza: Hippowassamus

Higgins: Could you remember to say every H from now on?

Liza: Yes, I will. Im done my best.

Higgins: I am doing my best!

Liza: I am doing my best

Higgins: I am learning to speak English!

Liza: I am learning to speak English

Higgins: I am annoying my wonderful teacher!

Liza: I am annoying my wonderful teacher

Higgins: Yes, you are!

Pickering: Give her a chance, Higgins!

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Higgins: This is what she wanted! I am teaching her.

Liza There aint no need to be rude to me.

Higgins: There is no need! There is no need! The correct way to say it is there is no need. Aint is
completely incorrect English!

Liza: There is no need but I want to learn to sing

Higgins: I will make you speak perfect English first. Then you will sing. You are going to do everything I
say.

Pickering: You must listen to him, Liza. He may be rude, but you will learn a lot from him.

Liza: I will listen. Im a good Girl.

Pickering: Let her have a break, youre making her nervous.

Higgins: Very well. Go with Mrs. Pearce, and practice this: keep your tongue well forward in your
mouth. Another lesson at half past four. Go away.

Mrs. Pearce: Mr. Higgins, we must talk. What is Liza going to do after the musical? You must think of the
future.

Higgins: (Impatiently) Who cares?

Mrs. Pearce: Thats her problem, not yours.

Higgins: Well, she can go back to the streets.

Pickering: Excuse me, Higgins. Mrs. Pearce is quite right. If this Girl is going to stay here for lessons,
she must understand what shes doing.

Higgins: Oh very well. Liza: you will spend the next six months living here. I will teach you to sing well,
but also to talk and to act like a lady. If youre good, you will sing in a new musical and be a
star. If youre naughty you will go back to the streets immediately. Is that clear?

Liza: (Rising reluctantly and suspiciously) Youre so cruel. You dont know how to treat people.
Im a good Girl

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Mrs. Pearce: Dont answer back. Come with me (She leads the way to the door, and holds it open for
Liza).

Liza: (As she goes out) Ive always been a good Girl; and I dont care; and I have feelings

Mrs. Pearce shuts the door; and Lizas complaints are no longer audible.

Higgins: Pickering: this is a big job.

Pickering: (With conviction) Higgins: it is.

Liza returns, in a very pretty dress. She is also clean now.

Liza: Look at me
I look like a lady

Higgins: Ask for a cup of tea

Just like a lady

Liza: A cup of tea!

Higgins: Very good, can you say

Have a nice day?

Liza: Havva nice daeye

Higgins: No, no, no, no, no!

That will not do!

Liza: Have a nice deeeey.

Higgins: Thats not what I said!

Liza: Have a nice day!

Higgins: Perhaps you can be saved.

Mrs. Pearce: But its not just what she says.

Pickering: Its how she behaves.

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Have a nice day

Mrs. Pearce: If shes going to be in a musical

Then she must learn to move
If we put her on stage
Then we have to approve.

They manipulate her like a puppet. During the following they dress her up in beautiful clothes.

Pickering: Stand up straight girl

Dont play with your dress
Smile sweetly girl, yes
And your hair is an awful mess

Mrs. Pearce: When you sit cross your legs

Move softly and with grace
Like youre walking on eggs
And show your happy face

Higgins: Fold your arms in your lap

And keep your neck up straight
Dont look like youre having a nap
Your head looks like a weight

Liza: Have a nice day

Wonderful day
Beautiful day
All: Have a nice day
Wonderful day
Beautiful day
Its a lovely day

Pickering: Look me in the eyes n

Not at the floor
Dont act like youre shy
Listen to what I say

Higgins: Smile at me its worth a try

Nod your head and then reply
Such a beautiful day
To be outside!

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Liza: Have a nice day

Wonderful day
Beautiful day

All: Have a nice day

Wonderful day
Beautiful day
Its a lovely day

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Scene 3
Moment of truth

A party at a rich actors house.

Higgins: Now, Liza. Its not just a question of singing. You need to act like an important singer.

Liza: I understand.

Higgins: Im going to present you to the Director of the musical. We need to convince him you can sing
in the musical.

Liza: But what if he doesnt like me?

Higgins: He will like you, dont be stupid. Now, lets go and say hello.

One of the guests at the party enters. He is an important looking young man with an astonishing
hairy face. Recognizing Higgins, he opens his arms wide and approaches him enthusiastically.

Nepommuck: Maestro, maestro (He embraces Higgins and kisses him on both cheeks). Do you remember me?

Higgins: No I dont. Who are you?

Nepommuck: I am your student: your first student, your best and greatest student. I am little Nepommuck,
the marvellous boy. I have made you famous all over Europe. You cannot forget ME.

Higgins: Why dont you shave?

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Nepommuck: Im famous for my beard! They call me. The bearded singer! And now I train young people to
sing (He goes to stand with the Director).

Liza: Is that man an expert? Will he know Im not a real singer?

Higgins: I dont know. I hope not. Well, Liza, are you ready?

Liza: Ready.

Higgins: Go.

At the top of the staircase the Director, with Nepommuck on her arm, are welcoming guest.

Director: (Taking Lizas hand) How do you do?

Liza: (With a beautiful gravity that awes her host) How do you do?

Director: (Conversationally) Will it rain tomorrow?

Liza: The shallow depression in the west of these islands is likely to move slowly in an easterly
direction. There are no indications of any great change in the barometrical situation.

Nepommuck: Ha! ha! how funny!

Liza: What is wrong with that, young man? Im sure I got it right. So pleased to have met you. Good-
bye. (She shakes hands with Nepommuck).

Director: Good-bye. (To Nepommuck) Find out all about her.

Nepommuck: Yes, I will (He goes after her).

Director: How do you do, Higgins? You have a rival here. He says he was your student. Is he good?

Higgins: As a singing teacher, useless.

Director: Tell us all about the wonderful lady.

Higgins: What wonderful lady?

Director: You know very well. They tell me there has been nothing like her in London for an age.

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Higgins: So much work

So much effort
Finally were here

Liza: So many tears

So many lessons
Finally were here

Liza: Telling my Cs from my Ss

Higgins: Pronouncing every H

Liza: How much wood would

Higgins: A woodchuck chuck

Liza: Every day over and over

Higgins: Until Im sick of the sound

Liza: But what if Im caught?

How can I go back to the street?

Higgins: Suppose they find her common?
Ive worked on her for months
Watching her lips and teeth
And tongue and soul
Making every vowel
And consonant sound fine

Liza: But what if Im caught
How can I go back to the street?

They are all so beautiful

The Director so distinguished
And I am just a flower Girl
All I wanted was to work
In a flower shop instead
Of the street corner

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Higgins: But what if I lose my bet?

Liza: I cant go back to the street.

Nepommuck joins the group, full of news.

Director: Ah, here you are at last, Nepommuck. Who is Miss Doolittle?

Nepommuck: She is a fraud.

Director: A fraud! Oh no.

Nepommuck: Yes, yes. She is a liar. Her name cannot be Doolittle.

Higgins: Why?

Nepommuck: Because Doolittle is an English name. And she is not English.

Director: Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly.

Nepommuck: Too perfectly. Can you show me any English woman who speaks English properly? Only
foreigners speak so well.

Director: I was scared by the way she said How do you do. I had a teacher who talked like that. But if
she is not English, then what is she?

Nepommuck: Spanish.

All the rest: Spanish!

Nepommuck: Spanish.

Higgins: Did you speak to her in Spanish?

Nepommuck: I did. She was very clever. She said Please speak to me in English: I do not understand
French. French! She pretends not to know the difference between Spanish and French.
Impossible: she knows both.

Director: What do you say, Higgins?

Higgins: I say shes a common London Girl taught to speak by an expert.

Director: Oh, no. Anyway, shes perfect for the musical. I will call her.

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The group breaks up, leaving Higgins isolated. Liza joins him.

Liza: I want to leave. The people all look at me. An old lady has told me that I speak exactly like
Queen Victoria. I have done my best; but its impossible.

Higgins: You were perfect! You acted like a star! Lets go, Its enough for today and I dont really like
these people

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Scene 4
Musical Star

Opening night of the musical. Outside the same theatre as the first scene, now there are signs for
Pygmalion, starring Eliza Doolittle. It is raining. Higgins and Pickering are standing, waiting for the
doors to open. There is a Girl selling flowers standing behind them.

Higgins: Well, here we are, Pickering. First night!

Pickering: Im so nervous! I hope she does well.

Higgins: Oh, she will be fine.

Girl: Would you like a flower, sir?

Higgins: No, thank you.

Girl: Sir?

Pickering: I dont have any change, sorry (The Girl goes away, she looks cold).

Higgins: Shes late. (Liza enters) At last!

Liza: Im so sorry.

Pickering: Come on, you need to put your dress on.

Higgins: And practice the songs before you go on stage. (He hums a note, to warm Liza up. They both
hum the note. Then he hums a scale and she imitates it) Come inside! Its cold here. (They go
in. Liza stops and looks up at the poster and her name. The Girl comes up to her)

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Girl: Would you like a flower?

Liza: No thanks. (She goes. The Girl looks sad, then looks up at the poster and realises who
Liza was)

Girl: Wooooow!! (Liza has come back, she looks at the Girl sadly. The Girl notices her)

Liza: Im really sorry, I dont have any change.

Girl: Can I have your autograph?

Liza: My autograph? Yes

Girl: I dont have any paper or a pen (She looks sad).

Liza: Wait. (Liza has a pen and a paper. She signs it, and gives it to the Girl) Now turn it over.
(The Girl does)

Girl: Its a ticket!

Liza: Yes. Would you like to see the musical?

Girl: Of course!

Transition to inside the theatre. The Girl watches the musical, amazed.

Liza: Everybody clap! (She tries to get the audience to clap the rhythm) One, two, three, four!

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I used to dream

Higgins: Youre going

to be a star!

Pickering: Nothing else matters

You are going to be a star!

Higgins: You used to dream

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Pickering: of being here

Trying to fight
all your fears

Liza: And I wanted to sing

I wanted to dance
And then I got my chance

I used to dream
of being free
To sing and be all I could be
I am going to be a star!
Nothing else matters

I am going
to be a star!
Nothing else matters
Rising to the top.

But I wont
forget who I am
I am as I am
And nothing will change my soul

ALL She used to dream

of being free
To sing and be all she could be
She is going to be a star!
Nothing else matters

ALL She used to dream

of being free
To sing and be all She could be
She is going to be a star!
Nothing else matters

The Girl applauds, she loved it.

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Scene 5
Bye - Bye Sir

Midnight at Higgins house. Nobody in the room. Liza opens the door and is seen in a brilliant
evening dress, and diamonds, with fan, flowers, and all accessories. She is tired, pale, and her
expression is almost tragic. She sits down, brooding and silent. Higgins, in evening dress, comes
in. He takes off the hat and overcoat; throws them on the chair; and throws himself wearily into the
easy-chair at the hearth.

Higgins: Where are my slippers?!

Eliza looks at him darkly; then leaves the room. She returns with a pair of large worn-out slippers. She
places them on the carpet before Higgins, and sits as before without a word.

Higgins: (Yawning again) What an evening! I cant believe we did that! (He raises his shoe to unlace
it, and catches sight of the slippers. He stops unlacing and looks at them as if they had
appeared there of their own accord). Oh! There they are!

Pickering: (Stretching himself) Well, Im tired. Its been a long day. But Eliza did it, eh?

Higgins: (Fervently) Thank God its over!

Eliza flinches violently; but they take no notice of her; and she recovers herself and sits stonily as
before.

Pickering: Were you nervous at the theatre? I was. Eliza didnt seem nervous.

Higgins: Oh, she wasnt nervous. I knew shed do well. But I am bored of teaching her now, its been
too long.

Pickering: Im so tired. Good night.

Higgins: Good night. (Over his shoulder, at the door) Turn off the lights, Eliza; and tell Mrs. Pearce
not to make coffee for me in the morning: Ill have tea. (He goes out)

Eliza tries to control herself as she switches off the lights. By the time she gets there she is on the
point of screaming. Finally she throws herself furiously on the floor raging.

Higgins: (In despairing wrath outside) What have I done with my slippers? (He appears at the door).

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Liza: (Snatching up the slippers, and hurling them at him one after the other with all her
force) There are your slippers. And there. Take your slippers!

Higgins: How dare you! Whats the matter? Get up. Whats wrong?

Liza: Nothing wrong with YOU. Thats enough for you. I dont matter, I suppose.

Higgins: You! Whats wrong with you? Why did you throw those slippers at me?

Liza: Because you are the worst man in the world. Youre so selfish! Whats going to happen to
me?

Higgins: I dont know. What does it matter?

Liza: You dont care. I know you dont care. Who cares If Im dead. Im nothing to you like them
slippers.

Higgins: (Thundering) THOSE slippers.

Liza: Those slippers. I didnt think it mattered now.

A pause. Eliza hopeless and crushed. Higgins a little uneasy. Pickering has entered, hearing the
shouts.

Higgins: Are you tired? Would you like a glass of champagne?

Liza: No. (Recollecting her manners) Thank you.

Higgins: (Good-humoured again) Its all over now. (He pats her kindly on the shoulder. She
writhes) Youve done it.

Liza: What do I do now? Where do I go? Whats going to happen to me? Should I go away?

Higgins: (Understanding, but not at all impressed) Why do you want to go away? You go to bed and
have a good rest.

Liza: (To Pickering, taking no apparent notice of Higgins) Will you forget about me now that the
experiment is over?

Pickering: Dont call it an experiment.

Liza: I have forgotten my own language, and can only speak yours. You only want me to stay to
pick up your slippers. Why should I stay?

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Higgins: Because you need me.

Liza: Youre not my teacher now. I want a little kindness. What I done (Correcting herself) what I
did was not for the money and the fame: I did it because I care for you.

Higgins: Well, of course. Thats just how I feel. And how Pickering feels. Eliza: dont be silly.

Liza: I am going and I will not see you again, Professor. Good bye. (She goes to the door)

Higgins: Good-bye. Oh, by the way, Eliza, tomorrow buy me ham and cheese, will you? And buy me
a tie to match that new suit. You can choose the colour (His cheerful, careless, vigorous
voice shows that he is incorrigible).

Liza: (Disdainfully) You have three new ties in the drawer. I have already told Mrs. Pearce to buy
the ham. I dont know what you will do without me (She sweeps out).

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Eliza

Higgins
& Pickering: She filled up our lives

Pickering: We were always talking Eliza

Higgins: Teaching Eliza

Pickering: Dressing Eliza

Higgins
& Pickering: Inventing new Elizas

Liza: I only wanted to be myself

Eliza Doolittle
Goodbye, farewell
Ill never see you again

Liza: Have a nice day

Wonderful day
Beautiful day

All: Have a nice day

Wonderful day
Beautiful day

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Higgins: Im sure Ill see you again soon

You wont go far without me

Liza: Goodbye, farewell

Youll never see me again

Liza: I wont be what you want me to be

Im not a toy to play with
So now Im leaving on my own
Im leaving here

Higgins: I made you famous

I created you
Im sure Ill see you soon
No matter what you say

Liza: Have a nice day

Wonderful day
Beautiful day

All: Have a nice day

Wonderful day
Beautiful day

the end

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