My Fair Lady - ideas — Page 2

You seem to see a lot of versions with two pianos and small casts. If you can pull that off, it's great. If you have doubts about pulling it off, don't even attempt it.

In our version, Mrs. Peirce/Mrs. Higgins was played by the same actress because the director wantedto show the mothering tendencies between two characters and also make a point about their interactions with Higgins. It was interesting... I'm not nessecarily saying I agree with how it was done, but it's just an idea.

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That's an interesting casting idea IStillBelieve, one that I may have to consider, as I may be stuck casting the ladies.
What about Ascot and the Embassy Waltz? Come on guys, there must be something original and imaginative that you have watched and thought WOW.

I'd just like to clear up a couple of things about the 2001 National Theatre revival, which toured England recently, and is going on tour in America this summer.

1. In "Just You Wait", the King did not come on stage and sing. It was all Eliza.
2. "The Ascot Gavotte" - everyone was wearing black except for Higgins and the Jockey who won the race. Eliza wore black too. It was extremely striking against the green turf that was placed on the stage for that scene.
3."The Ascot Gavotte" did not utilise statues - that was Matthew Bourne's choreography for "Jolly Holiday" in "Mary Poppins". In this scene in the revival, the male dancers behaved like horses, with their walking canes acting as tails. They would leap, prance and trot around the stage. It was beautifully done.

Mary P x