In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
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In Marble Halls - Jobbing actors chatting in a theatre bar
" In Marble Halls" - Jobbing actors standing in a theatre bar discussing their fortune, both successful and not, each privately hoping their luck will turn out better than their companion s, because.......this lyric is said to bring bad luck if whistled or sung in a theatre! " I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls" or " The Gipsy Girls Dream" is a popular aria from The Bohemian Girl, an 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe, with lyrics by Alfred Bunn. It is sung in the opera by the character Arline, who is in love with Thaddeus, a Polish nobleman and political exile. The song has been satirised repeatedly as this caricature shows! Date: 1892
Media ID 11575025
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
1892 Actors Aria Balfe Bohemian Champagne Chatting Community Discuss Discussing Draught Dream Fortune Gipsy Good Halls Hope Luck Marble Opera Phil Satire Satirical Superstition Superstitions Superstitious Talking Theatres Unlucky
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