【导读】 《窈窕淑女》是一部酷似灰姑娘的喜剧，萧伯纳用风趣和幽默的手法，对资产阶级虚伪性进行揭露和辛辣讽刺。该剧被布鲁克斯称为“本世纪最优秀之音乐歌舞剧”，曾经荣获托尼奖，被纽约戏剧评论界和外部评论界评为1956年最佳歌舞剧。在纽约和伦敦，此剧上座率居高不下，胜过同期上演的任何一出百老汇戏剧。
TESTING ELIZA
H＝Higgins CP＝Colonel Pickering
E＝Eliza MH＝Mrs Higgins
M＝Maid C＝Clara F＝Freddy N＝Narrator
N：Eliza's first test is a tea party at Henry's mother's house.
H：Well，hello，mother！This is Colonel Pickering，and this is Eliza.
CP：Good afternoon，Mrs Higgins.
E：(slowly and carefully) Good afternoon，Mrs Higgins.
MH：(to both) Good afternoon.(murmurs) Now Henry，how is your experiment coming along?
H：Well，mother well.
M：(announces loudly) Here is Mr and Miss Hill!
MH：Good afternoon，Freddy and Clara.It's so good of you to come.Let me introduce you to Miss Eliza Doolittle，my son Henry，and his friend Colonel Pickering.
F：How do you do？(shakes hands with everyone)
H：Delighted I'm sure.
N：Eliza talks to Clara and Freddy while the others listen.
E：(very carefully)How do you do，Mr Hill and Miss Hill?
C：Good afternoon.May I call you Eliza and do please call me Clara.How pretty you look!
F：Yes，indeed.May I sit next to you，Eliza?
E：Oh yes.Please do.
F：Now，will it rain，do you think?
E：There are indications that the rain to the west of these islands is likely to move to the east.
F：Oh，how funny!
E：(crossly) What's wrong with that，young man？I bet I got it right.
C：I hope it won't turn cold though.There's so much flu about.
E：My aunt died of flu，so they said.But I believe they done the old woman in.
C：Done her in？Please what does that mean，Mr Higgins?
H：Oh，that's the new small talk.To do a person in means to kill them.
E：(continuing)Yes，why should she die of influenza？She recovered from diphtheria the year before.I believe they done her in.
C：(turning to Eliza) Do you mean that?
E：(getting enthusiastic)Yes，I do! What became of her new straw hat that she promised to me？Somebody stole it，and what I say is：the person who stole it，done her in.Her family would have killed her for a hatpin，let alone a hat!
F：(can't help laughing) I like the new small talk.
E：(angrily) If that was right，why were you laughing？Have I said anything I oughtn't，Mrs Higgins?
MH：Not at all.
E：Well，what I say is．．．
H：(looking at his watch)Ahem!
E：(taking the hint and rising)Well，I must go.So pleased to have met you.Goodbye.
MH：Goodbye.
F：May I walk you home?
E：Walk？Not likely！I'm going in a taxi！(exits)(Freddy and Clara also rise)
C：It's time for us to leave.Thank you，Mrs Higgins.
MH：It's been my pleasure.See you next week then？(exit the Hills)
H：Now，mother，do you think she is ready for the ambassador's garden party?
MH：You silly boy.Of course not.She looks all right，of course.But she gives herself away with every sentence she speaks!
H：Never mind about that！Pickering and I will just have to work a little harder.Do you think，Pickering，we should take her to the theatre?
CP：Yes，what a good idea！But do you think she'll．．．(fade out as they leave the house)
