"I did"". It is Eliza, standing in the doorway. In suppressed joy at their reunion, Professor Higgins scoffs and asks, ""Eliza, where the devil are my slippers?"" The original cast of the Broadway stage production: Act I Act II In the mid-1930s, film producer Gabriel Pascal acquired the rights to produce film versions of several of George Bernard Shaw's plays, ""Pygmalion"" among them. However, Shaw, having had a bad experience with ""The Chocolate Soldier"", a Viennese operetta based on his play ""Arms and the Man"", refused permission for ""Pygmalion"" to be adapted into a musical. After Shaw died in 1950,"
"My Fair Lady My Fair Lady is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's ""Pygmalion"", with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins, a phoneticist, so that she may pass as a lady. The original Broadway and London shows starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. The musical's 1956 Broadway production was a notable critical and popular success. It set a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up to that time. It was followed by"
"My Fair Lady (film) My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical film adapted from the Lerner and Loewe eponymous stage musical based on the 1913 stage play ""Pygmalion"" by George Bernard Shaw. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak ""proper"" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London. The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle and Rex Harrison as"
"words of Molly's reverie, and the very last words of the book, are: Joyce noted in a 1921 letter to Frank Budgen that ""[t]he last word (human, all too human) is left to Penelope."" The episode both begins and ends with ""yes"", a word that Joyce described as ""the female word"" and that he said indicated ""acquiescence, self-abandon, relaxation, the end of all resistance."" This last, clear ""yes"" stands in sharp contrast to her unintelligible first spoken line in the fourth chapter of the novel. Molly's soliloquy consists of eight enormous ""sentences"", The concluding period following the final words of"
"My Last Duchess ""My Last Duchess"" is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologised as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's ""Dramatic Lyrics"". The poem is written in 28 rhyming couplets of iambic pentameter. The poem is preceded by """"Ferrara:"""", indicating that the speaker is most likely Alfonso II d'Este, the fifth Duke of Ferrara (1533–1598), who, at the age of 25, married Lucrezia di Cosimo de' Medici, the 14-year-old daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Eleonora di Toledo. Lucrezia was not well educated, and the Medicis could"
"farewells, followed by Elliot, and finally the principal characters Tommy, Jolene, Vera, and Alice. The last thing we see is Mel putting up the ""Closed"" sign and locking up. Flo's catchphrase, ""Kiss my grits!"", enjoyed widespread popularity at the time the character appeared on Alice. According to Polly Holliday, the line was originally written as, ""Kiss my honeydew!"", but did not get any laughs. (In the original film, Flo, as played by Diane Ladd, tells Mel in one scene to, ""Kiss me where the sun don't shine."") Another of Flo's catchphrases was, ""When donkeys fly!"" Since her portrayal of Flo,"
"of My Fair Lady at Drury Lane, when Sam Lewis was musical director. Sam (a viola player) subsequently went to Israel where he still lives, and he remembers Vernon as a real 'gentleman' . In the United States, he is perhaps best known as the singing voice of Josef Locke, who was played by Ned Beatty in the film Hear My Song. Midgley is married to the New Zealand soprano Alexandra Gordon, with one son and one daughter. He teaches voice at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Vernon is featured, along with his sister Maryetta, on the song"
"is seen as Eliza arrives and when introduced to her shakes her hand and says ""Miss Doolittle"". Later, Daniell presents Eliza to the Queen of Transylvania with the one line, ""Miss Doolittle, ma'am."" In the commentary on the DVD, at the moment he appears on-screen in the role, it is mentioned that the day he shot the scene was ""his last day on earth"", as he died from a heart attack that very evening on the set of ""My Fair Lady"" on 31 October 1963 in Santa Monica, California. Daniell married Ann Knox and, in the years following World War"
"President, Anne, the last surviving founding member of the Club, dies and the Club commemorates the end of an era. Due to the length of the book and its large number of characters, this list is selective. † denotes a minor character. From 1922–1930, Santmyer wrote three novels. The first two were published to little notice and the third was unpublished. She disliked Sinclair Lewis's negative portrayal of small town America in his novel, ""Main Street"", and conceived of ""Ladies"" as an antidote. However, since she worked full-time, she was unable to write very much before her retirement in 1959."
"and peace"", correlating with the inference that the Dark Lady is morally dark as well as physically dark, and is darkening her lovers morals as well. In the final quatrain, the poet begins to describe his downfall and continuing/ worsening sickness. The line ""Past cure I am, now reason is past care,"" is a play on an old proverb which is usually read ""'past care, past cure' expressing the traditional wisdom, that, if a patient is incurable, care will not help him"". Many scholars have speculated what exactly the play on the common proverb means, since it is extremely unlikely"
"In the second season the song was the only closing music. In the third season a new lyric was added to the five line ""The Ballad of Paladin"" making it six lines long. In 1962–1963, the final season, the song's lyrics were cut to four lines, the original fourth and added sixth being dropped. This occurred because the production credits for writer, producer and director were pulled from the closing credits to appear over the opening sequences. However, in the episode ""Sweet Lady in the Moon"" (1963), the ballad was played complete over the closing credits. Johnny Western has sung"
"be last, there is Gaby Deslys. Mr. Fox tells The Lady of the Lilies, ""I think you're clever,"" and Mr. Fox is entitled to his opinion, but it isn't ours. To us, Mile. Deslys always has seemed quite an ordinary French soubrette, full of gurgles, gasps and aspirations. Here, however, she does two rather remarkable dances—one with Mr. Santley and one with Harry Pilcer —and wears some astounding costumes, including a hat that looks as though its plumage had been lifted from a pink hearse. Mr. Berlin's lyrics are characteristic. There is real humor in a chorus of mens' dressmakers,"
"Fair Lady (film) Fair Lady is a 1922 American silent film directed by Kenneth Webb. The film stars Betty Blythe, Thurston Hall and Robert Elliott. The film was based on the novel ""The Net"" by Rex Beach. It is not known whether the film currently survives. In Sicily, Count Martinello is assassinated by Cardi and his mafia group on what would have been his wedding day. His bride to be, Countess Margherita, gets word of this from American Norvin Blake, who fails to protect her from Cardi, who wants her for his own. Later, Margherita and Norvin meet in New"
"for 20"". In their last conversation, Nelson reminded Hardy to anchor the fleet. Nelson went on to say ""take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy, take care of poor Lady Hamilton"" and then when the moment came for the two men to part for the last time, Nelson then very close to death, asked Hardy to kiss him. Hardy kissed him on the cheek; ""Now I am satisfied,"" said Nelson, ""Thank God I have done my duty"". Hardy stood up and then having spent a few moments looking down silently at his friend, knelt and kissed him again on"
"to hang her, and Edgar and Albany arrive with a reprieve. Albany resigns the crown to Lear, and Lear announces that ""Cordelia shall be Queen."" Lear gives Cordelia to Edgar — ""I wrong'd Him too, but here's the fair Amends."" Lear, Kent, and Gloster will retire ""to some cool Cell."" The overjoyed Edgar declares that ""Truth and Virtue shall at last succeed."" Tate's version is about 800 lines shorter than Shakespeare's. Some of Shakespeare's original lines are left intact; some are modified slightly, or given to different speakers. In the words of Stanley Wells, Tate ""rather asked for trouble by"
"""My Fair Lady"", paying an unprecedented $6.5 million. The previous owner, CBS director William S. Paley, set terms that included 50 percent of the distributor's gross profits ""plus ownership of the negative at the end of the contract."" Despite the ""outrageous"" purchase price, and the ungenerous terms of the contract, the deal proved lucrative for Warner Bros., securing the studio $12 million in profits. Warner was criticized for choosing a non-singing star, Audrey Hepburn, to play the leading role of Eliza Doolittle; indeed, the 1964 Academy Award for Best Actress went to Julie Andrews, who had played Eliza on Broadway"
"The Lady's Trial The Lady's Trial or ""The Ladies Triall;""is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy by John Ford. Published in 1639, it was the last of Ford's plays to appear in print, and apparently the final work of Ford's dramatic career. A copy of the play can be found in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery under the name ""The Ladies Triall. "" The play was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 3 May 1638. The quarto edition of the following year was issued by the bookseller Henry Shepherd,"
"the final scene of the preceding adaptation). As well as the opening twenty-four lines, numerous other lines were cut from almost every scene. Some of the more notable omissions include, in Act 1, Scene 1, York's ""Stay by me my lords,/And soldiers stay and lodge by me this night"" (ll.31–32) is absent, as are all references to Margaret chairing a session of parliament (ll.35–42). Also absent from this scene is some of the dialogue between Warwick and Northumberland as they threaten one another (ll.153–160) and Margaret's references to the pains of child birth, and Henry's shameful behaviour in disinheriting his"
"My Fair Lady (Broadway cast recording) The Broadway cast recording of the musical My Fair Lady was released as an album on April 2, 1956. The songs were composed by Frederick Loewe with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and conducted by Franz Allers, while the cast included stars Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison. The album became a massive seller, topping the charts on the US ""Billboard"" 200 for fifteen weeks at different times in 1956 (eight consecutive weeks), 1957, 1958 and 1959. In the UK, upon its release in 1958, the album reached No.1 for 19 consecutive weeks and became"
"The Lady's Last Stake The Lady's Last Stake, originally entitled Piquet: or Virtue in Danger, is a painting by William Hogarth, c.1759. The work is a conversation piece, capturing the moment when the woman has to make a fateful decision: to be ruined financially, or morally. It was one of Hogarth's last works, commissioned by James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount Charlemont (later 1st Earl of Charlemont), who allowed Hogarth to select the subject and price. The painting depicts a domestic scene with a man and a woman who have been gambling, playing piquet at a table near an open fire in"
"The Little Lady of the Big House The Little Lady of the Big House (1915) is a novel by American writer Jack London. It was his last novel to be published during his lifetime. The story concerns a love triangle. The protagonist, Dick Forrest, is a rancher with a poetic streak (his ""acorn song"" recalls London's play, ""The Acorn Planters""). His wife, Paula, is a vivacious, athletic, and sexually self-aware woman, who falls in love with Evan Graham, an old friend of her husband. Unable to choose between the two men, she wounds herself mortally with a rifle in what"
"My Fur Lady My Fur Lady is a satirical musical theatre production, first staged in Canada in the 1950s. Directed by Brian Macdonald, it was premiered in Montreal on February 7, 1957, by McGill University students. A revue, it tells the story of Princess Aurora Borealis (the contralto Ann Golden) of ""Mukluko"" (""near"" Baffin Island) who is searching for a husband, to help keep her country independent from Canada. The music combined elements of 1940s tunes, the contemporary 1950s rock and roll era and a degree of jazz, while the lyrics reflected the political events of the times. It was"
"Puthja e fundit Puthja e fundit (""The last kiss""), of Irma Kurti, published in 2007 is a summary of poems dedicated to her mother, Sherife Kurti. There are 65 poems in it, the first part of which keep the pain for the loss of her most beloved person. They present with vivid colours the reality that the poet is living day by day. Such poems as: “Ti s’mund të ikësh” (You can’t leave), “Doja të të thosha” (I would like to tell you), “Sekrete” (Secrets), “Në krahët e mi” (In my arms), “Takove vdekjen” (You met the death) are full"
"My Lady of Whims My Lady of Whim is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald. The film was originally seven reels, but a shortened five reel version survives. This film starred Clara Bow at age 20. Two ""ex-doughboys"" Bartley Greer and Dick Flynn, are up for any dangerous mission that comes their way, and one does in the form of a request from father and elder sister Mary Severn to rescue daughter/younger sister Prudence Severn from the clutches of the wild bohemian life in Greenwich Village. ""Prue"" wants to become an author and is rooming"
"longer valid. Lilli leaves—without Howell—as Fred unsuccessfully tries to convince her to stay (""So in Love"" (Reprise)). The gangsters get caught on stage and improvise a tribute to Shakespeare in which they explain that knowing Shakespeare is the key to romance (""Brush Up Your Shakespeare""). The company prepares for the conclusion of the play, the wedding of Bianca and Lucentio, even though they are now missing one of the main characters. However, just in time for Katherine's final speech, Lilli arrives onstage (""I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple""). Fred and Lilli wordlessly reconcile on stage, and the play"
"films ""West Side Story"" (1961) and ""My Fair Lady"" (1964), respectively, as an elderly Chinese woman ""speaks volumes about the desired singing voices of these supposedly diverse new characters."" ""Honor to Us All"" was one of Nixon's final film performances before her death in 2016. The film's use of ""Honor to Us All"" has been described as ""expository"" by ""Billboard""'s Andrew Unterberger. Within the context of ""Mulan"", the song both introduces audiences to the title character while demonstrating some Chinese traditions, revealing that Mulan must initially rely on marriage to ""settle her fate"" at the beginning of the film. A"
"- the last day of the exhibition of the original ten. Built upon a copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses it featured a girl sitting under a tree, wearing a crown and reading a book, while the facing page shows Stevenson's poem, ""To My Mother"". In the tree are the words, ""You in a garden green"" and ""With me were king and""; on the girl's crown is the word ""Queen"". On the trunk of the tree are the words, ""Were hunter, soldier, tar"" and the inside of the small book reads, ""And all the"
"at KACL, where he thanks the staff and listeners for the past eleven years before closing with the words ""Goodnight, Seattle."" Frasier finishes his story as the plane lands – not in San Francisco, but in Chicago, where Charlotte has moved – and says to Anne, ""Wish me luck."" The poem Frasier quotes in this episode is a shortened version of Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s ""Ulysses"". ""It may be that the gulfs will wash us down; <br>It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, <br>And though we are not now that strength which in old days <br>Moved earth and heaven,"
"Moore. It also enjoyed tours and had a brief Broadway run. ""My Lady Molly"" was the last successful English comic opera in the tradition of Alfred Cellier's ""Dorothy"" and Arthur Sullivan's ""Haddon Hall"", as distinguished from the style of the lighter Edwardian musical comedies of the period. A review in ""The Daily Mail"" stated: ACT I - The Courtyard at Coverdale Arms. ""Morning."" Act II - The Hall in Coverdale Castle. ""Night."" Notes My Lady Molly My Lady Molly is a 'comedy opera' in two acts with a libretto by George H. Jessop, with additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank and"
"performed. As originally written, the duet ended with five chords leading directly into the Act II finale. Those chords do not appear in vocal scores, and modern performances usually delete them, bringing the duet to a full close so that the opening bars of the finale are not covered by applause. At some point, before 1920 or so, the ""Oh day of terror"" section had the parts for Kate and Phoebe significantly reduced. In the original conception, these characters echoed Elsie, with an ""Oh, Leonard"" solo for Kate, and cries to ""Come thou to her side, and claim her as"
"plague closure of 1636–37. As Ford's final play, ""The Lady's Trial"" departs from the pattern of his earlier works; it is ""more like the fashionable Cavalier plays of the court dramatists...there is in the play an artificiality and refinement not found in the earlier plays but pervasive in the court drama of the time."" Neither of Ford's two late comedies, ""The Fancies Chaste and Noble"" and ""The Lady's Trial"", has ranked high with critics, though ""The Lady's Trial"" has benefitted in that it lacks much of the overt bawdry and sexuality of the earlier play, and contains elements ""beautiful in"
"of girl."" She also confesses to ""a tempestuous affair with a rodeo cowboy during the Summer of Love that the Hollies played a significant role in."" In her final appearance, set on the day that Matt Santos assumes office, Fiderer is seen clearing out her desk and warning Ronna Beckman that she should never revoke the First Lady's walk-in privileges, even though the President will plead with her to do so. Tomlin was nominated three times for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as Fiderer. In 2003, she received two nominations, one for Outstanding Performance by a Female"
"door, leaving his wife with the other four men in the house. The final tableau vivant (96–98) depicts Ruth sitting, """"relaxed in her chair"","" as if on a throne. Sam lies motionless on the floor; Joey, who has walked over to Ruth, places his head in her lap; and Lenny, stands looking on. After repeatedly insisting that he is not an old man, and getting no reply from Ruth, who remains silent, Max beseeches her, ""Kiss me"" – the final words of the play. Ruth sits and """"continues to touch"" JOEY's ""head, lightly"","" while Lenny still """"stands, watching"""" (98). In"