CAST OF CHARACTERS (* principal vocal part)

Eliza Doolittle *

A cockney flower girl from Lisson Grove working outside Covent Garden. Her potential to become “a lady” becomes the object of a bet between Higgins and Pickering.

Professor Henry Higgins *

British, upper class professional bachelor, world famous phonetics expert, teacher and author of “Higgins’ Universal Alphabet.”

Alfred P. Doolittle *

Eliza’s father; an elderly but vigorous dustman.

Colonel Hugh Pickering *

Retired British officer with colonial experience and the author of “Spoken Sanskrit.”

Freddie Eynsford-Hill *

Upper class young man who becomes completely smitten with Eliza.

Mrs. Higgins

Henry’s long-suffering mother.

Professor Zoltan Karpathy

A bearded Hungarian; former phonetics student of Henry Higgins.

Mrs. Pearce *

Henry Higgins’ housekeeper.

Mrs. Eynsford-Hill *

A friend of Mrs. Higgins’ and Freddy’s mother.

George

Bartender who works at the Tottenham Court Road Pub.

Harry *

Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle.

Jamie *

Drinking companion of Alfred Doolittle.

Mrs. Hopkins

A cockney woman of Tottenham Court

A Bystander

Opening scene, (2 men) a Bystander with another Bystander outside Covent Garden.

Cockney Quartet * (First, Second, Third & Fourth Cockney) –

In Covent Garden Market; the male Cockney Quartet.

Butler

Henry Higgins household employee.

Footman

Henry Higgins house, non-speaking.

Lord Boxington

Friend of Mrs. Higgins, Ascot race patron.

Lady Boxington

At Ascot races, non-speaking.

Flower Girl

Working in Wimpole Street.

Footman

Embassy employee.

Footman

Embassy employee, non-speaking.

Selsey Man

Opening scene, bystander outside Covent Garden.

Hoxton Man

Opening scene, bystander outside Covent Garden.

Two Maids *

Henry Higgins household, non-speaking.

Three Buskers

Street performers, outside Covent Garden, non-speaking.

Six Servants

Henry Higgins household, non-speaking chorus singers. S-S-A-A-T-B

Two Stewards

Ascot employees, non-speaking.

Singing & Dancing Ensembles

The Ascot Race patrons, Embassy Ball guests including the Queen of Transylvania and her escort, the Ambassador and his wife and Dr. Themistocles Stephanos, Covent Garden Scene Crowd, Tottenham Court Crowd, etc.

Various Voices

doubling with single spoken lines

Angry Woman

Act I – Scene 2

Angry Man

Act I – Scene 2

Charles

Mrs. Higgins Chauffer - Act I – Scene 6

Policeman

Wimpole Street - Act I – Scene 8

Queen of Transylvania

Act I – Scene 10

Maid

Mrs. Higgins employee - Act II – Scene 5