On a rainy London night, the crowds are leaving the opera at

Covent Garden. Freddy Eynsford-Hill runs into flower girl Eliza

Doolittle, spilling her flowers onto the muddy ground. While she is
dressing him down for his clumsiness, phonetics expert Professor
Henry Higgins, takes notes regarding her thick, cockney accent.
Higgins attracts the attention of another linguist, Colonel Pickering.
Since each has been seeking an opportunity to meet the other, it is
agreed that Pickering will come to stay with Higgins.
Eliza, having saved a bit of money, comes to Higgins’s home in
hopes of engaging his services for speaking lessons. Her accent is so
dreadful that Higgins sees a challenge and accepts a wager with
Pickering that he can teach her sufficiently to pass her off as
royalty. Higgins takes Eliza into his home and the arduous
refinement begins.
Eliza's father, the scavenger Alfred Dolittle, hears the news
that his daughter has moved to live with Professor Higgins.
Meanwhile, the girl is diligently trying to learn the pronunciation of
sounds, but the study is given to her hard. Doolittle comes to Higgins
and wants to receive a monetary reward for her. He presents his
philosophy of life, which Higgins finds very original. The professor
not only gives him money, but also advises Dolittle to the American
millionaire as a brilliant speaker.
Eliza studied all day, but to no avail. The professor decides
that since swearing and reproaches do not help in learning, then you
need to change tactics. After a nice conversation, the girl finally
realizes what she did wrong and flawlessly reads the verse "Just
wait for it to rain in Spain." Inspired Eliza sings the song “I want to
dance”.
The day has come when Miss Dolittle is to appear in high
society at the racetrack. In the beginning, everything goes as well as
possible, but Eliza, in a fit of happiness, begins to tell stories from
life, adding vernacular to them. With this she captivated the heart of
Freddie Ainsford Hill. Frustrated, Eliza returns to Higgins,
everyone realizes that hard work is still needed on what to say.
Freddie sings a song dedicated to the feelings he is experiencing, but
Dolittle is so saddened that she does not want to go out.
A month and a half passed, and it was time for another final
test. Eliza was at her best at the ball. No one, not even Professor
Karpati, could recognize a simpleton in the girl, moreover, society
recognized her as a real princess. Higgins accepts congratulations on
the experiment's success, but no one cares about Eliza's fate.
Offended and upset, she packs up her things and leaves.
Miss Dolittle returns to her home area, where no one will
recognize her. Father became rich thanks to Higgins'
recommendation and now wants to get married. The professor and
Pickering are very saddened that Eliza has left, they want to find
her.
Eliza meets the professor by chance. He confesses that
everything has changed without her, and asks her to return. Dolittle
does not want to listen to him, she says that all the doors are open
for her.
Upon returning home, the professor listened for a long time to
records with recordings of Eliza's voice. Miss Dolittle enters the
room, quietly turning off the phonograph. Higgins, seeing her, does
not hide his joy.