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Fallen Angels
Theater: Globe
Opening Date: April 21, 1925
Performances: 158Playwright: Noel Coward
Director: Anthony Prinsep
Producer: Stanley BellPartial Cast: Arthur Wellesley, Mona Harrison, Gerald Ames, Edna Best, Austin Trevor
Tallulah's Role: Julia Sterroll
Salary: 100 pounds per weekDistraught over losing the role of Sadie Thompson in Rain to Olga Lindo, Tallulah accepted the last-minute request by Noel Coward to appear in Fallen Angels when leading lady Margaret Bannerman had to bow-out due to "nervous exhaustion". The play, about two women who share drinks over their recollections of a former lover, was considered shocking and obscene by many. The negative press it received by those who wanted to close the show, however, only served to make it more popular with the public.
Tallulah's Comments: "...I had a line: "Oh, dear, rain!" I couldn't resist the temptation to alter that line on opening night. On reaching it I mustered up my Sadiest Thompson voice and said: "My God, RAIN!" The audience roared!"
