Answering Other Questions About Twentieth-Century Drama - CLEP Humanities

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Question

The musical stage play My Fair Lady is based on what earlier stage play?

Answer

My Fair Lady, by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, is entirely based on the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion. The characters and story, featuring a flower girl taught to be a lady who speaks properly, are almost exactly the same in each play. The musical simply adds songs, and crucially changes the ending to a happier one that features the two main characters staying together.

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