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A review of Pygmalion
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Posted on Apr 02 2009
[B]By SYLVIA HAYWOOD[/B]
[I]Special to the Saipan Tribune
The Friends of the Arts will be presenting the musical, My Fair Lady, on two successive weekends in the spring. This is the musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion. Shaw was interested in exploring the power divide between the rich and the poor as well as the differences between accents and ideas of the different social classes. The following is a condensed explanation of Acts I through V of the play, Pygmalion, and will appear on four successive Fridays before the musical is presented at the Multi-Purpose Center on Beach Road. The first part was published on March 20, 2009; the second on March 27, 2009.[/I] [B]Week Three
ACT IV
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It is midnight on Wimpole Street and Eliza is tired and pale. She has been a total success in her debut into English society. She astounded everyone at the Ambassador’s Ball and many people actually thought she was royalty! Higgins and Pickering are very proud of themselves for pulling off such an experiment. Eliza hears all of this and becomes very angry. Higgins suggests that possibly his mother can find a suitable man for Eliza to marry, which makes her even more angry. She informs him that she is not for sale and has never been for sale; she is content to be a working woman. Higgins thinks her moral judgment about marriage is foolish.
Eliza wants to know if all the clothes Higgins has bought her belong to her and he tells her that, of course, they are hers. She doesn’t want to be accused of stealing them and he is hurt that she feels this way. Eliza also returns a ring that Higgins had given her, not a borrowed piece of jewelry as the others had been, but one that he had bought just for her. He is very angry and throws it into the fire. After he walks out, slamming the door, she looks through the ashes for the ring, happy that she has gotten back at him for some of the really cruel things he has said to her. She has feelings for Henry, but she is unsure about her future.
Next week, will bring the entire adventure to an end, when Eliza will try to decide exactly who she wants to spend the rest of her life with; Freddie who obviously loves her very much or Henry who doesn’t appear to like anyone.
[I]Sylvia Haywood is the publicity chairman for the Friends of the Arts.[/I]
