Act I
Higgins, taking notes on bystanders' speech, accurately identifies everyone's geographic origin, introducing the play's central theme of language as social marker.
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From Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
The play opens under the portico of St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden during a summer rainstorm, where Higgins first encounters Eliza and demonstrates his phonetic skills.
Act I
Eliza's first appearance as the Cockney flower girl, crying 'Cheer ap, Keptin; n' haw ya flahr orf a pore gel.'
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