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The Kiss That Closed a Theatre Tonight
The drama recounts Mme. Farrar and Lou Tellegen’s romance amid illness. Tonsillitis spreads via the kiss, forcing cancelations and a temporary theatre shutdown as doctors warn of contagion and urge isolation and caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Farrar
Geraldine Farrar
New York
Lou-Tellegen
Farrar
Lou Tellegen
Geraldine
Lou
Olive
Olive Tell
Mr. Tellegen
Metropolitan Opera
Boston
Madam Butterfly
Boston Common
Lane
Atlanta
Madame Butterfly
Mr. Lou-Tellegen
Boston Express
Grand Central Station
West Seventy Fourth Street
Hale and Hearty
Low Tellegen
St. 7
Miss Olive Tell
Silchester
Olga Nethersole
Lou- Tellegen
Tellegen
Thirty-ninth Street
Mary
Miss Tellin
Mme