Details

Based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Lerner and Loewe's multi-award winning musical became one of the greatest successes of the New York and London stages, and paved the way for the hugely popular film version in 1964. Henry Higgins, an opinionated linguistics professor and confirmed bachelor, makes a wager with a colleague that within six months he can transform a cockney flower seller, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady who can take her place in high society. He wins the bet, but doesn't bargain for the profound effect she has on his life. The musical includes such hits as 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'On The Street Where You Live'.

Cast/Performers

Laura Michelle Kelly (Eliza Doolittle), Anthony Andrews (Henry Higgins), Russ Abbot (Alfred Doolittle), Stephen Moore (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Michael Xavier (Freddie Eynsford-Hill), Hannah Gordon (Mrs Higgins), Valerie Cutko (Queen of Transylvania), Terry Kelly (Harry), Jill Martin (Mrs Eynsford-Hill), John Stacey (Jamie), Sevan Stephan (Zoltan Karpathy), Patsy Rowlands (Mrs Pearce), Ann Emery (Mrs Hopkins)

Creatives/Company

Book by: Alan J Lerner
Lyrics: Alan J Lerner
Music: Frederick Loewe
Producer: Royal National Theatre (in association with Cameron Mackintosh Ltd)
Director(s): Trevor Nunn, Nick Davies (music), David Shrubsole (assistant music)
Design: Anthony Ward
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
Lighting: David Hersey
Sound: Paul Groothuis
Other(s): David White (Musical Supervisor), Robert Russell Bennett (original orchestration), William D Brohn (Orchestrator), Chris Walker (dance arranger)