QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 127, 3 June 1929, Page 5

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Adapted from the book of the same name by Countess Barcynska, '.'Tesha" opens a season at the Queen's Theatre' next Friday niglit. In the title role Is seen 'Maria Corda, the Hungarian. She plays a Russian ballet dancer, who quickly deserts the stage for the more interesting roles of wifehobd- and domesticity. A tragic story, which, however, ends happily almost, certainly peacefully, is woven round the lives of Tesha, her warwounded husband and her husband's friend. A story that is most delicately told, exquisitely acted by Maria Corda, the part of Dobree played with calmness and 'restraint by Jameson Thomas. Such a story as this, to be at all effective, at all impressive, must be acted and directed with reticence. "Tesha" always remains the story of a woman's conflict between her love for her husband and her duty to his house. In view of the theme, it is pointed out that this picture li for adult audiences only. The management of the Queen's Theatre have announced the presentation next Friday of "Tesha." The story concerns Tesha, a Russian danseuse, who loves children and is torn 1 between the eternal conflict of sacrificing her ! art for the joys of motherhood. Maria Corda, as Tesha, and Jameson Thomas,; as the husband, give remarkable Interpretations In their respective rarts. This theme is treated by the director and his artists with remarkable restraint. Tho management points out that in view of the theme, "Tesha" will be presented to adult audiences only. Maria Corda Is seen in the role of the Ruslan danseuse,-who marries a shell-shocked Englishman. At the end of five years they are still childless, and it is around this that the story of Tesha, her husband, and her husband's friend Is woven.