Word: tellegen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...romance, "A King of Nowhere," which came to the Shubert last night, is rather to be classed as a mock heroic. The play is ridiculously melodramatic and in most cases hopelessly over-acted. There is a great deal of stamping of feet and waving of arms, and Mr. Lou-Tellegen's arms are so long that one is sometimes reminded of the proverbial windmill...
...Tellegen tries hard in his unfortunate role of Godred and it is not his fault that he does not succeed. He has an attractive personality and dramatic ability, but in this play he is doomed to fail. Miss Olive Tell is miscast as Lady Silchester and the only one of the cast whose merit stands out above the rest is Mr. Sidney Greenstreet, whose characterization of Henry VIII is highly successful...