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unusual facts about The Fairies



Enmore Theatre

The Enmore Theatre is becoming known as a major space for children's entertainment featuring acts such as The Wiggles, Justine Clarke, The Fairies & Lah-Lah.


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Dancehall Sweethearts

A video was recorded for Ireland's national broadcaster, RTÉ, of Horslips performing King of the Fairies, a set dance, Beatles-style on the roof of Bank of Ireland's headquarters in 1975.

Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907

The lengthy nature of the campaign was referred to in the Gilbert and Sullivan opera Iolanthe, in which the Queen of the Fairies sings "He shall prick that annual blister, marriage with deceased wife's sister".

Fitzroy Gardens

Artist Ola Cohn completes carving the Fairies Tree and donates it to the children of Melbourne.

Llyn y Fan Fach

Some elements in the story also relate to Welsh traditions of the fairies (or Tylwyth Teg in Welsh).

Lyric Opera of Los Angeles

As part of their 2010/2011 season, Lyric Opera of Los Angeles presented the U.S. staged premiere of Wagner’s Die Feen (The Fairies).

The Pirate Fairy

Disney announced in January 2014 that former Project Runway winner and fashion designer Christian Siriano will be in charge of creating the ensemble costumes for the fairies, specifically Zarina.

William Home Lizars

He engraved The Ommeganck at Antwerp, after Gustave Wappers, for the Royal Gallery of Art, and Puck and the Fairies, after Richard Dadd.