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Footloose

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Theater: Greenwich Village
Opening Date: May 20, 1920
Performances: 32


Playwright: Zoe Akins
Director & Producer: George C. Tyler

Partial Cast: Robert Casadesus, Elisabeth Risdon, John Webster, Norman Trevor, O.P. Heggie.

Tallulah's Role: Rose de Brissac

Tallulah's first substantial role was won partly on the recommendation of playwright Zoe Akins, who had admired Tallulah's ability at mimicry (she could do a devastating impersonation of Ethel Barrymore) and her ability to memorize long passages of dialog after only a few readings. Akins would later say that the character of Eva Lovelace in Morning Glory (which won Katharine Hepburn her first Academy Award) was patterned after Tallulah.

Tallulah's comments: "For the first time I could pick up the morning papers, and read a report on my performance."

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