Les Fourrures et La Theatre

[White Fox]

Was just looking at some photos of women wearing furs, on stage. I have to admit I can barely believe they can stand doing that. Theater lights are very hot. You can hold a piece of paper a third of a meter in front of some of them, and it will catch fire! You stand on that stage for awhile, and at times you can feel so hot that the sweat will be pouring off you. Not always of course, as some of the shows are darker and stages smaller, etc. But often times, you just want to get into shorts. So, to wear a fur coat up there must be absolutely beyond belief for the heat factor.

 

I cannot believe how hot that they must be up there!

 

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[brandy-uk]

White Fox..

 

did you know the theatre term for stardome..'Lime-light' actually comes from the Victorian theatre practise of squeezing lime juice into the live flaming bulb-lights to create a brighter glow...

 

did they wear furs on the stage even then???

 

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brandy

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[White Fox]

Interesting.... I had heard that way back but had totally forgotten it. Glad you brought it out!

 

I am sure this heat factor has always been a problem, though with the new lights stages are so bright, and are now these days so large. Many times I have stood on those stages thinking that I could not possibly stand the light any longer, and sweating profusely! Ah, those were the days.

 

(Old expressions... They used to have people go into comas, and they thought they were dead, only to find them come alive while lying in the casket, etc. Just coming out of the coma. So, they began to think "What would happen if they came alive after being buried. So, they began to put a bell in the casket for awhile hoping that the individual would ring it and the caretaker would hear it at night. Dig them out, and save them. Thus the expression "Saved by the bell". I doubt it ever worked though.

 

1. Buried that deep, the sound would probably not carry through.

2. No or little oxygen left. The person would die before they got to them.

3. No room to use the bell. Those days, the caskets were extremely small.

4. Buried under that much dirt the caretaker would never hear it.

5. And lastly, the caretaker was supposed to hear it at night. Probably many heard bells on the way home from the "Pub"! Not likely many took the time to dig though! So few caretakers would work at night. How would they ever hear the bell?)

 

White

[justfurme]

actually the bell was on top of the ground, and a string ran down a reed, for air and the string. some one would sit in the graveyard, hence the phrases. "dead ringer" and graveyard shift"

[Worker 11811]

did you know the theatre term for stardome..'Lime-light' actually comes from the Victorian theatre practise of squeezing lime juice into the live flaming bulb-lights to create a brighter glow...

 

Actually, it was a piece of calcium oxide, AKA: "Limestone" that was heated with acetylene gas to make it glow white hot.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limelight

 

The lime juice didn't come in until later, after the show was over for the evening. The lime juice was squeezed into a glass of Schweppes Tonic Water mixed with a liberal amount of Booth's Gin over a glass of ice!

 

It was a Scotsman who invented the limelight but it was an Englishman who invented Booth's Gin. The tonic was invented by a Swiss watchmaker but he did it after he moved to England so we'll tally that one up for Merry Old England as well!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth's_Gin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweppes_(brand)

 

Felix Booth was even knighted for inventing gin!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Booth

 

(Okay... He was knighted for helping to discover the North Pole. But it's more fun to think it was for making Gin! )

[White Fox]

Re Bell...

 

Sorry, wasn't clear there. Was being sarcastic.