The Archive · 1939

In the Russian Colony

hanghai, Apr. 24.

[This being a comedy, the young would be extremely' dificult to engineer wastes no time in finding divine the political sentiment of solace with a charming girl of more youth in the 'Russian colony. Many suitable age. Around this central of them don't bother to think theme many other tragicomedies Of polities "at all. Many' others shape their ends. There is, among without going into political argue others, a foreigner who has the name ments, ate "imbued witha healthy of Mr. Thompson and a Russian wife, patriotism; in other words, they do neither of which deters him from hot want to see Russia lose anything luvishing affection on a dancing girl. of what is now hers.

There is a The. play Is written pungently and politically active element among wittily, and the audience continuous-Russian youths—emigrés who would ly gave vent to appreciative laughter. like to see a vielory of the White It is probably that translated. into Cause, and emigeés who favour the English this play would - amuse a present regime in. Russia—although cosmopolitan audience in no lesser a their conception of that regime Is a degree, as all three acts have a typihazy and extremely theoretical one ally Shanghai background. formed from newspapers, books and the few Soviet films that have come Tag Day Results Free education to Russian girls be~

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