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Eliza Sophie Caird (born 15 April 1988), better known by her former stage name Eliza Doolittle now Eliza, is an English singer and songwriter from Westminster, London. After performing her music in live venues around London from the age of 15, Eliza signed to Parlophone in 2008.
Eliza Doolittle is a fictional character and the protagonist in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (1913) and its 1956 musical adaptation, My Fair Lady. Eliza (from Lisson Grove, London) is a Cockney flower seller, who comes to Professor Henry Higgins asking for elocution lessons, after a chance encounter at Covent Garden.
Eliza arrives at Higgins' laboratory-living room for rather ironic reasons. She wants to adopt middle-class manners that both Higgins and her father despise. Eliza's ideal is to become a member of the respectable middle class, and in order to do so, she must learn proper pronunciation and manners.
Under the moniker Eliza Doolittle, her eponymous debut album went Platinum in the UK, spawning a handful of top 40 singles – including ‘Skinny Genes’, ‘Pack Up' and 'Rollerblades'; and her ...
1 day ago · Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion is a dynamic character who transforms from a poor flower girl with a strong Cockney accent into a refined lady. Initially, she is determined and spirited, seeking ...
Eliza Doolittle, fictional character, a Cockney flower girl who is transformed into a woman of poise and polish in George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion (performed 1913; filmed 1938; adapted as the stage musical My Fair Lady, 1956; filmed 1964).
May 20, 2010 · In Act 1 of My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle, the Cockney flower girl learning to speak like a lady, fantasizes about meeting the king. Of course, because it's a musical, she sings: One evening...
