PRODUCTION DETAILS

My Fair Lady

Tuesday 5th March 2019 to Saturday 9th March 2019
Hertford Theatre, Hertford

Hailed by critics and audiences for its heart and its wit, My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical about transformation, patronage, gender politics and class, based on George Bernard Shaw’s play, Pygmalion.

Acclaimed Professor and confirmed bachelor Henry Higgins makes a wager with his linguistic colleague Colonel Pickering that in six months he can pass off "gutter snipe" Eliza Doolittle as a duchess at an embassy ball. Through arduous training, day and night, Eliza learns how to speak English "properly," and transforms into a lady respected and adored by all classes. Along the way she bewitches young Freddy Einsford-Hill into falling in love with her, and convinces a supposed linguistics expert that she is royalty.

Through her transformation process, Eliza forges a deep connection with Colonel Pickering and most especially with Professor Higgins. However, she finds herself in a difficult position, now too refined to go back to her old life and not with any means or desire to live life as a lady of leisure - especially by herself. When Higgins completely fails to acknowledge Eliza’s role in her own transformation, she leaves his home. It is only then that Higgins realizes that he cares deeply for Eliza. The play ends with Eliza’s return to Higgins’ home, and the ending is left ambiguous, yet it is beloved for being both one of the cleverest and one of the most romantic plays of all time.

Tenor ensemble:
John Allison, Stephen Cooper, Brian Watson, Steve Wicks, Brian Worthington

Bass ensemble:
John Christopher Bain, Martyn Broyd, Roger Green, Maurice Newman, Tom Wornham

Soprano ensemble:
Linda Budd, Emma Cash, Bev Howard, Rebecca Lee, Zoe Reader, Anne Marie Rizzi, Shirley Richardson, Deborah Ryan

Alto ensemble:
Zoe Briggs, Liane Burnett, Sadie Cole, Andrea Graves, Claire Liu Yin, Abi Lowman, Sue Mulligan, Sandra Rowley, Deborah Rudgley, Eleanor Seager, Dorren Spielman, Amanda Walden

Cast

Crew