SYNOPSIS: 

A bullying and smug bachelor, Professor Henry Higgins of phonetics and linguistics, makes a bet with Colonel George Pickering that he can turn an impetuous Cockney 'guttersnipe' flower girl from Convent Garden, Eliza Doolittle into a lady within six months.

To do so, he must transform her thick-accented voice, by coaching her to speak proper English with elocution lessons, teaching her manners, and drilling her so that she will be educated. At a tea party, in her first public testing, she blurts out, "Not bloody likely." However, she makes a spectacular debut at the Ambassador's reception, proving him right. In the process of teaching her, he falls in love with her, although she is attracted by an upper class gentleman named Freddy Eynsford-Hill.

This play has been adapted many times, notably the film version; My Fair Lady is probably one of the most famous;