QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 130, 6 June 1929, Page 5

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Adapted from the book of the same name by Countess Barcynska, "Tesha" opens, a seat son at the Queen's Theatre next Friday night. 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 wlfehood 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 friends A story that Is most', delicately told, exqul-,-sltely acted-by Maria Corda; the part of Dobree played with calmness and restraint by Jameson Thomas. . Such a story .as this, to •b» at -all 'effective, at -all" impressive, must be actei and; directed" with ieticeuce.- "Tesha" .always remains'the story, of a woman's conflict between her, love .'for her . husband and her duty toi""'- bis-* house. ■■ In view of the theme, It Is" poliited2 but that this picture to' for adult audiences = only. \ ■ The management of the Queen's Theatre have announced the presentation next Friday of "Tesha 1." The story concerns Tesha, a'Bussian danseuse, who loves children and Is torn •between .the eternal conflict of sacrificing her art. for the joys of motherhood, Maria Corda, as Tesha, and Jameson Thomas, as the husband, five remarkable Interpretations in their respective .parts... This- theme Is treated by the director, and. his artists with remarkable restraint. The' 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 Russian 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.