Презентация "My Fair Lady"

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My Fair Lady is the most popular musical created in the last century. Among those who made it so famous were Alan Jay Lerner , who wrote the book and lyrics, and Frederick Loewe, who did the music (both Americans); Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews (both British), who starred; and – to coin a phrase – last, but not least, George Bernard Shaw , the English playwright on whose best play Pygmalion the musical was based.

My Fair Lady

Listen to the text and choose the correct answer

1.George Bernard Shaw wrote his Pygmalion in 1930.

a)True b) False c) Not stated

2.The name of the play was chosen according to a Greek myth.

a)True b) False c) Not stated

3.Henry Higgins was a professor of phonetics in London University.

a)True b) False c) Not stated

4.Eliza is a glamorous aristocrat.

a)True b) False c) Not stated

5.Cockney is a working class Londoner born in a particular place in the East End.

a)True b) False c) Not stated

6.Professor Higgins fell in love with Eliza.

a)True b) False c) Not stated

George Bernard Show

(1856 – 1950)

1	2	3	4	5	6
b	a	c	b	a	a

Who are the Cockneys?

Read the text and use the words in appropriate forms. Transfer your answers to the table.

1 LONDON

2 WORK

3 COLOUR

4 THEY

5 SPEAK

6 SITUATE

7 LUCK

8 IMPORTANCE

9 LONG

10 FRIEND

Londoner

working

colourful

their

speakers

situated

lucky

important

longer

friendly

Alan Jay Lerner

Frederick Loewe

In 1952 Alan Jay Lerner began to change the play into a musical. He worked on it for four years, writing a song here and a bit of dialogue there.

With Frederick Loewe they put together five songs.

Lerner was impressed by Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins and he tailored his material to Harrison’s style, the result being, among other magnetic songs,

the gentle, reflective

“ I’ve grown accustomed to her face”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HroAq_E075Y&feature=related

For Julie Andrews, who played Eliza Doolittle, Lerner and Loewe wrote the dreamy “I could have danced all night”, the revengeful “Just you wait” and delightful “Wouldn’t it be lovely”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA7sidgFGHU

The musical became a film with practically the same cast except… Julie Andrews.

The actress who was invited to play Elisa Doolittle was

Audrey Hepburn.

The film was made by Warner Brothers and released in 1964.

It has been extremely popular ever since.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGIae9NCbdQ&feature=player_embedded#

Митюгина Татьяна Геннадьевна

Учитель английского языка

МОУ Кокинская СОШ Брянской области

ИСПОЛЬЗОВАННЫЕ РЕСУРСЫ:

Н.А.Бонк, Е.М.Салтыкова “English for advanced learners” Москва, «РОСМЭН» 2009г.