Using previously unpublished letters and documents, this presents a completely new behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the show, revealing the tensions that went into it.

• CONTENTS


• Chapter 1: False Starts and Artistic Promise


• Chapter 2: From Page to Stage: The Genesis of My Fair Lady


• Chapter 3: Shavian But Not Shaw: Developing the Script of My Fair Lady


• Chapter 4: Knowing the Score


• Chapter 5: Settling the Score: Part I


• Chapter 6: Settling the Score: Part II


• Chapter 7: My Fair Lady On Stage


• Chapter 8: The Legacy of My Fair Lady


• Appendix 1: "Without You" (early versions)


• Appendix 2: "Why Can't the English?"


• Appendix 3: "On the Street Where You Live"


• Appendix 4: Cut material from "The Ascot Gavotte"


• Appendix 5: "You Did It": Cut passage


• Bibliography


• Index

Dominic McHugh is Lecturer in Music at The University of Sheffield