"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 Girl's 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

Picture No

10803956

Media ID

45544960

Size

4166px x 4160px (4.1MB)

Credit

Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Source

Illustration by Phil May from The Phil May Folio' (1904)

Date

1892