Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady - 9781138418189

Taylor & Francis

Lerner and Loewe's My Fair LadyAuthor(s): Keith Garebian\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138418189, 978-1138418189\nSynopsis\n\""An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him,The moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him.\"" - Henry \nGeorge Bernard Shaw famously refused to permit any play of his \""to be degraded into an operetta or set to any music except its own.\"" Allowing his beloved Pygmalion to be supplanted by a comic opera was therefore unthinkable; yet Lerner and Loewe transformed it into My Fair Lady [tel], a musical that was to delight audiences and critics alike. By famously reversing Shaws original ending, the show even dared to establish a cunningly romantic ending. \n\n Keith Garebian delves into the libretto for a fresh take, and explores biographies of the shows principal artists to discover how their roles intersected with real life. \n\n Rex Harrison was an alpha mal.