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Pygmalion
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Higgins and Professor Pickering take on the flower‑girl Eliza Doolittle, rigorously teaching her refined speech and manners to win a wager that she can be transformed into a lady. As Eliza masters the lessons, she begins to assert her own will, ultimately confronting her mentors and rejecting their control. Meanwhile, her uncouth father Alfred Doolittle unexpectedly receives a modest inheritance, prompting him to adjust his outlook on life. Realizing she no longer belongs in the scholars’ world, Eliza decides to marry the affluent yet sincere Freddy Eynsford‑Hill. She departs with Freddy, leaving behind the experimental experiment that had reshaped her destiny.
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Alfred Doolittlemale
Dustman and father of Eliza who arrives demanding his daughter’s return
Military gentleman who offers to buy a flower from the flower girl
Clara Eynsford Hillfemale
Daughter of Mrs. Eynsford Hill, impatient and outspoken during the rain scene
Gentle Indian‑dialect specialist and friend of Higgins who assists in teaching Eliza
Eliza Doolittlefemale
Cockney flower girl from Lisson Grove who seeks phonetics lessons to improve her prospects
Freddymale
Young cab driver who struggles to find a taxi in the storm and later appears at Higgins’s home
Henry Higginsmale
Egotistical professor of phonetics who devises an experiment to transform a flower girl into a lady
Mrs. Eynsford Hillfemale
Mother of Clara who shelters with her daughter in Covent Garden during the rain
Mrs. Higginsfemale
Henry Higgins’s mother, visiting during Act III at her own drawing‑room
Mrs. Pearcefemale
Long‑serving housekeeper of the Higgins household, concerned about Eliza’s welfare
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Man taking phonetic notes of the flower girl’s speech; later revealed to be Henry Higgins
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