Can Professor Higgins transform cockney flower girl Eliza Dolittle into a lady by teaching her to speak properly?
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Julie Harris
Eliza Doolittle
James Donald
Henry Higgins
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Higgins
George Rose
Alfred Doolittle
John Williams
Colonel Pickering
Valerie Cossart
Mrs. Eynsford-Hill
Mildred Trares
Clara Eynsford-Hill
John Irving
Freddy Eynsford-Hill
Mercer McLeod
Bystander
Dorothy Sands
Mrs. Pearce
Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?
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Can Professor Higgins teach a working-class flower girl to speak like a duchess?
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