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Here, recaptured in words, lyrics and pictures, are the magic moments from one of the great Broadway shows of all time, soon to be a major motion picture . My Fair Lady, adopted from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion has been hailed by critics and audiences as one of the wittiest and most beautiful '" v ,. " • plays in years. -Jt..

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"A brilliant show."-Cue "Fascinating"-New Yorker "Great"-Newsweek On March 15,1956 one of the great romances of all time began. That was the night MY FAIR LADY opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York, and Eliza Doolittle and Henry Higgins waltzed into the hearts of America. Audiences applauded. Critics cheered. And theatre history was made. ,Now this smash Broadway hit is available in book form. Here are the beautiful love story and the magnificent lyrics-together with four pages of scenes from the original production. Magic moments • •• yours to treasure and enjoy.

THIS IS A REPRINT OF THE ORIGINAL HARDCOVER EDITION PUBLISHED BY COWARD-MCCANN, INC.

MY FAIR LADY A Musical Play in Two Acts Based on Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

Adaptation and Lyrics by

ALAN JAY LERNER Music by

FREDERICK LOEWE

A SIGNET BOOK Published by THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY

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COPYRIGHT

© 1956

BY ALAN JAY LERNER AND

FREDERICK LOEWE

All Rights Reserved Published as a SIGNET BOOK By Arrangement with Coward-McCann, Inc. FIRST PRINTING, JULY, 1958

Musical compositions including lyrics published in this volume Copyright © 1956 by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, Chappell & Co., New York, N.Y., publisher, and owner of allied rights throughout the world. By arrangement with Lawai Corporation.

My Fair Lady is based on Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw. Copyright 1916, 1930, 1942 by George Bernard Shaw. Copyright renewed 1944 by George Bernard Shaw. Used by permission of the Public Truslee, the Society of A.uthors, and Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. CAUTIONI My Fair Lady is fully protected by copyright. It may not be acted by either professionals or amateurs

without written consent. Public readings and radio and television broadcasts are likewise forbidden. The music by Frederic Loewe is not included in this book. SIGNET BOOKS are published by The New American Library of World Literature, Inc. 501 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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