Without You

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"Without You" is a solo song from the musical *My Fair Lady* in which Eliza Doolittle asserts her independence and emotional strength apart from Henry Higgins.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf show tune
song
act Act II NERFINISHED
addressesCharacter Henry Higgins NERFINISHED
associatedCharacter Colonel Pickering NERFINISHED
Henry Higgins NERFINISHED
associatedProduction original Broadway cast recording of My Fair Lady
basedOn Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED
characterPerformedBy Eliza Doolittle NERFINISHED
composer Frederick Loewe NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dramaticFunction assertion of Eliza Doolittle’s autonomy
firstPerformanceIn original Broadway production of My Fair Lady
firstPerformanceYear 1956
genre musical theatre song
intendedPerformanceSetting stage musical
language English
lyricalFocus Eliza Doolittle’s independence from Henry Higgins
lyricist Alan Jay Lerner NERFINISHED
mediumOfPerformance voice
musicalWorkFrom My Fair Lady NERFINISHED
narrativePerspectiveOf Eliza Doolittle NERFINISHED
originalPerformer Julie Andrews NERFINISHED
partOfWork My Fair Lady NERFINISHED
positionInPlot near the end of My Fair Lady
theatricalContext solo song
theme emotional strength
independence
self‑assertion
workLocation London, England
surface form: London

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Eliza Doolittle musicalNumber Without You