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Geraldine Farrar: "When the judge signed my decree of divorce from Lou Tellegen, he permitted me to resume my maiden name or to remarry, but forbade Mr. Tellegen to marry again during my lifetime except by express permission of the court...
Outside of a conventional telephone conversation for the beginning and the villain's change of heart at the end, Lou Tellegen's "Underneath the Bough" at the Colonial is distinctly at play of an unusual type...
...Tellegen, in the role of the tall, good-looking Poilu, plays his part to perfection. His English, interspersed with French, endows the character with a power which none but he could give. The supporting cast is admirable. From Mr. Ivan Simpson, as Sir Arthur Arkwright, the spineless Englishman, to Miss Bogislav, as Madame Helene, the French modiste, there is little that can be said other than praise. No review would be complete unless some mention was made of Miss Belwin. She, as Mildred, fulfills all the requirements of the pretty heroine in love--madly in love--with her soldier hero...
...play is rich with bits of real humor, with real acting and a plot reaching at times true melodrama. Surely Boston is fortunate to have Lou Tellegen here...
...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...