Show:
Characters
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Acts 4 & 5
100
A cockney flower seller who dreams of a better life.
Who is Eliza Doolittle?
100
A dark and rainy night in the Covent Garden (London, England).
What was the setting of Act 1?
100
Give her speech lessons.
What does Eliza want Higgins to do for her at the beginning of Act 2?
100
Upset.
How did Mrs. Higgins react to her son showing up at her home at the beginning of Act 3?
100
"What's to become of me?"
What question does Eliza have for Higgins after the party is over and they are back at Higgins's home?
200
A phonetician and professor of linguistics who is an expert in the "science of speech".
Who is Henry Higgins?
200
A taxicab.
What was Freddy looking for?
200
That he can pass Eliza off as a lady at the ambassador's garden party.
What bet does Higgins make with Pickering?
200
To give her practice in polite conversation.
What was the purpose of Higgins bringing Eliza to the social visit at Mrs. Higgins's home?
200
Get married.
What does Higgins suggest that Eliza do next?
300
An expert on Indian dialects who takes Higgins up on his boast that he could pass Eliza off as a duchess after six months of lessons.
Who is Colonel Pickering?
300
He has an incredible ability to guess where people are from.
What was the Notetaker's special talent?
300
A chocolate.
What does Higgins tempt Liza with just as she is about to leave?
300
Weather and health.
What were the two topics that Eliza was supposed to talk about at Mrs. Higgins's get-together?
300
A wedding.
Why was Alfred Doolittle dressed up at the end of the play?
400
Was paid five pounds to stay away from the house on Wimpole Street while the experiment took place.
Who is Alfred Doolittle?
400
It is knocked to the ground by Freddy.
What happened to the flower girl's basket?
400
She has no mother, and her father and stepmother kicked her out.
What happened to Eliza's parents?
400
They "done her in".
What shocking thing did Eliza reveal about her aunt during the get-together at Mrs. Higgins's home?
400
Teach phonetics.
What does Eliza plan to do for money?
500
Socializes with Mrs. Higgins and visits at home with her in Act 3; demanded that her son locate a taxicab for her.
Who is Mrs. Eynsford Hill?
500
She thinks he's spying on her for the police.
Why does Eliza become upset with Higgins in Act 1?
500
Draggle-tailed guttersnipe.
What insulting term does Higgins use to describe Liza?
500
Because it was unknown what would become of her after the experiment.
Why is Mrs. Higgins concerned at the end of Act 3?
500
They should have complimented Eliza.
According to Mrs. Higgins, what did Professor Higgins and Colonel Pickering do wrong?